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15 Annual National Solar Tour
Scheduled annually for the first Saturday in October, in conjunction with
National Energy Awareness Month, the American Solar Energy Society
(ASES) National Solar Tour is the world's largest grassroots solar event.
The event offers participants the opportunity to tour homes and buildings
to see how their neighbors are using solar energy, energy efficiency, and other
sustainable technologies, to reduce their monthly utility bills, and help tackle
climate change.
In 2009, nationwide, over 150,000 attendees visited some 5,000 buildings
in 3,000 participating communities.
Now in its 15th year, this event is coordinated nationally by the nonprofit
ASES (www.ases.org).
In 2010, the Indiana Renewable Energy Association (InREA) will be
hosting the 2nd annual Indianapolis tour.

2010 Indy Solar (Renewable Energy) Tour

Saturday, October 2nd from 2 PM to 6 PM EDT
2 PM Kickoff at the Nature Center at Cool Creek Park
Please join us for the kickoff of our local, self-guided Indy Area Tour at Cool Creek Nature Center at 2 PM.
The Indy Solar Tour will include homes and businesses utilizing renewable energy technologies (PV (Photovoltaic),
wind, solar thermal, and passive solar). The sites will be available for public tours from 2 PM to 6 PM unless otherwise
noted. For more information, contact Mark Oehler at 317.844.6712 or indysolartour@aol.com
This local tour is coordinated by the Indiana Renewable Energy Association (InREA), the state chapter of the American
Solar Energy Society. For more info about InREA, visit www.indianarenew.org or email Laura Arnold at
Laura.Arnold@Indianadg.org.

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*** See separate Tour Directions, for suggested driving direction to each site. ***
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1 Cool Creek Park Nature Center, 2000 East 151st Street, Carmel, Indiana 46033-7736. Phone: 317.774.2500.
On the day of the Solar Tour, this site is only available for tours between 2 and 5:30 PM.
In 2010, Cool Creek Nature Center installed a 15,680 watt solar photovoltaic array consisting of 64 @ 245-watt solar
modules. This PV system provides an example of the most current installation practices for medium-sized roof mounted
installations. The nature center is open between 10am and 5pm. A representative from ECI Wind and Solar will be present
to answer any questions, and assist patrons on the solar tour. The Nature Center is located in Cool Creek Park, and serves as
the central hub for many different indoor and outdoor activities in a beautiful 90-acre park.

http://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/parks_details.asp?id=2923
2 IMPA, 11610 North College Ave, Carmel, IN 46032-5602. Phone: 317.573.9955.
IMPA (Indiana Municipal Power Agency) has 3 renewable energy systems: (a) A roof mounted 6.35 kW photovoltaic system
comprised of 27 @ 235W Sharp solar panels and 2 Solectrica inverters, (b) a hot water system by Heliodyne that consists of
2 solar collector panels, a heat exchanger, and a hot water storage tank (which provides the entire building with hot water on
sunny days), (c) a 1.5 kW wind turbine manufactured by Urban Green Energy. All systems were sourced by ECI Wind and
Solar (www.eciwindandsolar.com). Grant funding for the installation of the solar hot water and photovoltaic systems was
provided by the Indiana Office of Energy Development.

http://www.impa.com/renewable-energy-demonstrations.asp

Financial support for the 2010 Financial

Indy Solar Tour has been support for
provided by Duke Energy. the 2010 Indy
Solar Tour has
been provided
by IPL.
Visit www.iplpower.com to learn
Visit www.duke-energy.com to learn
about IPL’s Green Power Option.
about Duke's Indiana GoGreen
program.

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3 Broad Ripple Brewpub, 842E 65th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220-1674. Contact phone: 317.809.4383.
The Broad Ripple Brewpub recently installed a solar thermal system that uses Apricus evacuated tube technology and heat
exchangers to heat water to temperatures up to 170ºF. The heated water can be used for domestic hot water or space heating.
The system was installed by IDS (www.idsustainability.com).

www.broadripplebrewpub.com
4 Henning Residence 10304 Starhaven Court, Indianapolis, IN 46229-1437.
The Henning residence has a recently installed 4.2 kW PV system using high efficiency 20 Sanyo Hit 210 panels mounted on
a Unirac Rail System. Materials sourced and system installed by EcoSource, Inc. (www.ecosource-inc.com).

5 Gange Residence, 7920 Ferrell Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46260-4907 (near 79th and Spring Mill Rd).
This urban home features a 1.3 kW PV system with tracking system and solar domestic hot water system. Installed in 2007,
this installation was featured on Channel 13.

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6 KIB (Keep Indianapolis Beautful), 1029 Fletcher Ave, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46203-1402. 317.264.7565.
On the day of the Solar Tour, this site is only available for tours between 2 and 4 PM. KIB tours are also available the
first Monday of the month at 4 PM. Please visit the KIB website, www.kib.org for more information.
KIBI's new award-winning office building includes the following green features: white "cool" roof, 10,000 gallon cistern to
recycle rain water, daylighting, rain garden, wind energy, and pervious pavement (allows rainwater to soak through). The
building is expected to use 21% less energy than a standard design. KIB was the first civic Indiana nonprofit to receive LEED
Gold green building certification.

See www.kibi.org/building/index.htm for more information.

7 Schmidt Associates, 320 E Vermont St, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2126. 317.263.6226.
The solar canopy is comprised of 20 @ 150 kW PV (Photovoltaic) panels. The system is grid tied and was completed in
August 2006. The solar canopy replaced a deteriorating fabric canopy and so additionally provides a passive cooling benefit to
the south façade of the building. It was designed to make the technology visible (versus putting the array on the roof).

www.schmidt-arch.com.
8 Hilton Garden Inn Indianapolis Downtown, 10 East Market St, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3027. 317.955.9700.
Located just 1 block from Monument Circle, the Hilton features a 4.05 kWh PV array on the top of the 16-story hotel. The
actual electricity produced represents only a small portion of total energy consumption, but does help shave peak demand on
highest consumption days. The Hilton is on the national register for historic preservation.
Note: Hourly escorted tours will be offered of this installation. Because of the need to climb a 1-floor spiral staircase, flat
shoes are required and casual clothes are recommended. Attendees must be over 12 years of age.

www.hiltongardenindianapolis.com.

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9 Lugar Center for Renewable Energy,.IUPUI, ET Building, 799 W. Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195.
The Lugar Center/IUPUI will be demonstrating and explaining the operation of solar thermal system (Evacuated Tube Heat Pipe
collector) using propylene glycol as a transfer fluid. Weather permitting; the mobile test system will be outside. Pressurized
propylene glycol systems can be used in winter when a straight water system would freeze. With the right type of heat exchanger,
this type of system can be used for water heating or heating buildings.
IUPUI students will be on hand in the lobby of ET to greet and guide visitors to the location for the demonstration and
presentation. Visitors are encouraged to park in the North Street Parking Garage, which is located across the street from the
Engineering and Technology (ET) building, and located at the northeast corner of West Michigan and Blake Streets. To receive
free, validated parking, visitors MUST bring their parking ticket from the garage with them inside to have it stamped.

www.lugarenergycenter.iupui.edu. Campus map at: http://www.iupui.edu/map/

10 Indy Power Systems, 15309 Stony Creek Way, Noblesville, IN, 46060-4382. Phone: 317.370.0559.
Indy Power Systems designs and builds systems that blends different sources of energy, including wind, solar, battery storage,
generators, and the electric utility grid. The system, called the Multi-Flex, can optimize the flow of energy so that price and
performance targets can be met. For example, when wind power generates energy at night, the system can store the energy for use
during the day. Excess power can be sold back to the electric utility where feed-in tariffs are allowed.
The system can also blend different types of batteries, enabling high-powered yet expensive Lithium-ion batteries to work
seamlessly with low-cost Lead-Acid batteries. This “Hybrid” battery pack can be applied to the grid or to battery packs for Hybrid
and Battery Electric Vehicles. Using the Multi-Flex, the cost of batteries for an electric vehicle can be reduced by 50% or more.
On display will be a solar panel charging a Hybrid battery pack installed in an electric golf car.
Note: Because the tour is of a working laboratory, attendees must be over 12 years of age.

www.indypowersystems.com

The Indian Renewable Energy Association is the

Official Indiana State Chapter of the American Solar
Energy Society.. For more info,
www.indianarenew.org.
Several of the installations in this tour were partially funded by grants from the Indiana Office of Energy Development.
(OED) (www.in.gov/oed/). These include: IMPA, Hilton Garden Inn, Schmidt Associates, and TF Publishing.

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11 Johnson-Melloh Contractors, 5925 Stockberger Place, Indianapolis, IN 46241-5402. Phone: 317.244.5993.
The Johnson-Melloh facility is visible from I-465 just north of I-70 west. They have installed a 5.2 kW photovoltaic array,
three 1.5 kW vertical wind turbines, and a hybrid wind/solar parking lot light. Both the solar array and the wind turbines
offset their electrical usage. The parking lot light is LED and is unusual in that it is fully self-contained with no power from
any other source. (Complimentary soft drinks and cookies available.)

Indianapolis
International
Airport

www.johnsonmelloh.com
12 TF Publishing, 6355 Morenci Trail, Indianapolis, IN 46268-2592. Phone: 317.290.1333.
TF Publishing installed a 50kW rated Entegrity Wind Systems (Model EW15) horizontal windmill. This is the first
installation to be approved for IPL’s feed-in tariff or Rate REP.

www.thetimefactory.com
13 StellarWind, 8440 W 82nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278-1062. Phone: 317.329.0834.
Founded in 2007, Stellarwind produces green fuel from algae using photons from sunlight and CO2 as input to algae for producing
biomass. This biomass can be used directly in coal firing or to extract fuel. This entire process is performed using their patent
pending technology, the photobioreactor (PBR). In 2009, Stellarwind obtained a production contract from Bioalternative for 12
million gallons/year. Stellarwind expects to further reduce costs by using the CO2 available as production waste.

www.stellarbwindbioenergy.com

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