Your local Sierra Club, Solar United Neighbors, Norfolk Solar and other solar enthusiasts are coming together to host the Hampton Roads Solar Tour on Saturday Oct. 1 and Sunday Oct. 2. Solar owners throughout Hampton Roads will open their homes, businesses, churches, or schools to share their experience going solar, allowing visitors to see first hand solar power in action, ask questions and hopefully walk away one step closer to going solar themselves!
Solar Sites Included in this Tour
SATURDAY OCTOBER 1
Amundsen Home
12pm to 4pm
5614 Shenandoah Ave, Norfolk, VA
Sustainable Features: Electric Vehicle(s), Electric Vehicle Charging, Gardening/Xeriscaping, Solar PV - Rooftop, Solar Thermal, Sustainable Living, Water Harvesting
Baum Home
12pm to 4pm
1429 South Veaux Loop, Norfolk, VA
Sustainable Features: Thermal and PV system 1 were installed in 2009. PV system 2 was installed in 2021; two inverters with two different types of PV panels, homeowner takes advantage of SRECs from the 2009 systems.
TASTE at Bayville Farms
10am to 5pm
4097 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA
Sustainable Features: Passive Solar, Solar PV - Rooftop. Convert Solar will be available at this site from 12pm to 4pm.
Norfolk Academy
12pm-1pm* note limited hours
1585 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA
Sustainable Features: LEED Certification, Solar PV - Rooftop
Unity Renaissance
10am-3pm
1120 Eden Way North, Chesapeake, VA
Sustainable Features: Solar PV - Rooftop
Norfolk Botanical Garden*
12pm-4pm
6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, VA
Sustainable Features: Electric Vehicle Charging, Gardening/Xeriscaping, Solar PV - Rooftop
*Garden admission is required to visit this solar site. Click here to purchase tickets.
Wesley Union AME Zion Church
12pm-4pm
708 Johnson Ave, Norfolk, VA 23504
Sustainable Features: Solar PV - Ground Mount.
Urban Solar Townhome
11am - 3pm
628 Glasgow St., Portsmouth, VA 23704
Sustainable Features: Electric Vehicle(s), Energy Monitoring, Gardening/Xeriscaping, Net zero, Passive Solar, Solar PV - Rooftop, Water Harvesting
SUNDAY OCTOBER 2
Dolan Solar Home
12pm-4pm
324 57th St., Newport News, VA
Sustainable Features: Solar PV - Rooftop
Walsh's Manor
12pm-4pm
1405 Woodbridge Trail, Virginia Beach, VA
Sustainable Features: Gardening/Xeriscaping, Heat Pump, Solar PV - Rooftop, Water Harvesting.
Oakwood (Ackerman Yoder Home)
12pm-4pm
524 Marlin Dr., Newport News, VA
Sustainable Features: Battery Storage, Electric Vehicle(s), Electric Vehicle Charging, Gardening/Xeriscaping, Solar PV - Rooftop, Water Harvesting
Ashley Home
10am-6pm
110 Allen Harris Dr., Yorktown, VA
Sustainable Features: Energy Efficiency upgrades, Heat Pump, Solar PV - Rooftop
Solar on Sycamore
10am-5pm
266 Mockingbird Lane, Hampton, VA
Sustainable Features: Solar PV - Rooftop