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Edmonton Home Tour 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Edmonton Eco-Solar Home Tour! On this page you will find the homes that will be open for this year's tour and links to details of each home. Use these details to choose the homes you want to visit on the tour days. These are open house tours. Just make your way to the homes at the times they are open and the homeowners and volunteers will show you around. We'll see you on the tour!

Note that the addresses of the homes are not posted until one month before the tour. At that time the home addresses and a map will be available.

Couldn't visit on tour day?
See our 2021 virtual tour videos on the Videos and Definitions page.
Click here to see pictures of the 2024 Edmonton tour.

Edmonton Day 1
Saturday 7 June 2025
Noon* to 5pm
Edmonton Day 2
Sunday 8 June 2025
Noon* to 5pm
*Some Homes are open earlier.
See listings below.
*Some Homes are open earlier.
See listings below.
Site 1 1 Sturgeon NZR Home

A new energy-efficient home built on the foundations of the old house. All-electric home is net-zero ready with a roof sloped for a future solar array.
Details of Site #1
Site 11 11 Leduc NZE Home

A new net-zero energy home in Leduc with an ICF foundation, exterior foam wall system, air-tight construction, and an 18 kW solar array. Come see how you can reduce your utilities and your carbon tax.
Details of Site #11
Site 2 2 Sturgeon NZE Geothermal

This farm has a large 178 kW solar system and geothermal heating in their new home. They used a horizontal loop for the geothermal and are planting a fruit orchard on top.
Details of Site #2
Site 12 12 Langdale NZE Home

These homeowners challenged their builder to build a NZE home. Very efficient home with a large backyard garden for growing their own food.
Details of Site #12
Site 3 3 Thorncliffe Straw Bale Addition

These homeowners added a straw bale addition to their home as well as solar with battery backup and an air source heat pump which also provides hot water.
Details of Site #3
Site 13 13 Maple Crest NZE Home

An example of how sustainable technologies and lifestyle can work together to create a functional, comfortable, and energy-efficient living space. Net-zero with a smart energy system.
Details of Site #13
Site 4 4 Parkview NZE Home

This new net-zero home shows how a functional home can be very beautiful. See how contruction, solar power, heat pumps, and smart appliances reduce energy costs.
Details of Site #4
Site 14 14 Avonmore NZE Garden Home

This garden home is being built to provide retirement space with a full basement for storage. It will have enough solar for net-zero with the surplus feeding the old house.
Details of Site #14
Site 5 5 Blatchford Energy Centre

This facility houses the mechanical equipment for Blatchford's district energy sharing system. Homes connect to this system for their heating, cooling and hot water needs.
Details of Site #5
Site 15 15 Strathearn NZE Home

Net-zero home and net-zero garage suite with cutting-edge energy-efficient design and solar power. Drought resilient landscaping, electric vehicle and charger, and chickens!
Details of Site #15
Site 6 6 Blatchford NZE Home (1)

One of the first NZE homes to be developed in Blatchford with an insulated foam basement (not concrete). See how this home connects to the district geothermal system.
Details of Site #6
Site 16 16 Riverdale NZE Home

An example of a least-cost approach to a deep energy retrofit of an existing home. Adding Larssen-truss style insulation, air source heat pumps, and solar to get to net-zero.
Details of Site #16
Site 7 7 Blatchford NZE Home (2)

These new town homes are designed to achieve net-zero while matching the price of regular homes providing an affordable NZE option. Come see this beautiful show home.
Details of Site #7
Site 17 17 McKernan NZE Home

A net-zero home designed with two revenue suites. The intent is to reduce utility costs and to future proof the home with extra insulation, and enough solar to be net-zero.
Details of Site #17
Site 8 8 Riverdale Geothermal Home

Originally on the tour in 2000, we have added geothermal this year to prepare for net-zero. Learn how geothermal works for homes where deep energy upgrades may not be practical.
Details of Site #8
Site 18 18 Windsor Park Retrofit

This home is undergoing a deep energy retrofit and adding two additional suites to increase density. The upgrade features 3 geothermal heat pumps (one for each unit) which will also provide hot water heating.
Details of Site #18
Site 9 9 Highlands Retrofit Home

This is the first single detached home in Canada to use a Dutch prefabricated wall insulation system to get a 1950's home to NZE. It's like custom knitting a sweater for an old house!
Details of Site #9
 
Site 10 10 Beverly Heights NZE Home

Lovely example of homeowners upgrading their home over 18 years and achieving NZE. Come and talk to them about their journey and the choices they made along the way.
Details of Site #10