Chester County homes on display during solar tour

WEST CHESTER >> Chester County Ready for 100 Percent Renewable Energy joins the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and hundreds of clean energy-savvy installers and grassroots organizations throughout America to showcase thousands of solar-powered homes, schools, houses of worship, non-profits and businesses

in Chester County and across the region— for the 24th Annual National Solar Tour, the world’s largest grassroots solar event.

The event, slated for Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 will showcase the solar, geothermal and energy efficiency technologies your neighbors are using to drastically reduce monthly energy bills, reduce health harming emissions, and enjoy tax credits and cash incentives as they improve their property values. And Chester County ranks second in solar installations in the state.

“Our Chester County Clean Energy Tour is putting out a call for community leaders to show families and businesses real-life examples of the transition to clean renewable energy,” said Kara Thorpe, a recent West Chester University graduate and Chester County resident who is coordinating the Clean Energy Tour. “We are putting out a call to businesses large and small, schools and houses of worship to showcase what we can do in our own community to harness free energy from the sun to generate electricity, warm and cool our buildings, heat water and slash monthly utility bills,” she said.

The annual self-guided National Solar Tours have attracted more than 150,000 people in 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. National Solar Tours afford participants the direct perspectives of homeowners and installers about the costs, processes and economic and environmental benefits of efficiency and going solar.

This Clean Energy Tour is free and open to the public and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To attend the tour, RSVP to https://www.nationalsolartour.org/localtours/chester-county.