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The Eco-Solar Home Tour

 

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Edmonton Home Tour 2024

Welcome to the 2024 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 the 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 2023 Edmonton tour.

Edmonton Day 1
Saturday 1 June 2024
Noon to 5pm
Edmonton Day 2
Sunday 2 June 2024
Noon* to 5pm
 
*Some Homes are open earlier.
See listings below.
Site 1 1 Keswick NZE Home

Large NZE home with open interior plan and river view. Unique earth tube system pre-conditions air using underground pipes. Includes an elevator to all levels for handicap access.
Details of Site #1
Site 9 9 Sturgeon Country Retrofit Home
Open 10am to 5pm
A new energy-efficient home built on the foundations of the old house. This all-electric home will have an air source heat pump and a large solar array on a specially-sloped roof.
 
Details of Site #9
Site 2 2 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 #2
Site 10 10 St Albert NZE Retrofit Home
This 1996 home was upgraded to NZE with the addition of insulation, 6-layer insulating windows, geothermal heat, and a 17.6 kW solar array.
Details of Site #10
Site 3 3 Strathcona Geothermal Building

Yes! Commercial buildings can be energy-efficient too. This 3,000 m2 office and warehouse has 15 geothermal heat pumps, 248 kW of solar, and many efficient features on its way to net-zero energy.
Details of Site #3
Site 11 11 Prince Charles Retrofit Home

This 1948 home is getting a new, insulated exterior and a larger second floor as part of the journey to net-zero. See how the homeowners took advantage of Greener Homes and CEIP financing for their upgrades.
Details of Site #11
Site 4 4 Brookside NNZ Retrofit Home

A deep energy retrofit of a 1970's home makes the home efficient but the permaculture garden in front is the feature here. Come and see how they planned and developed their food forest.
Details of Site #4
Site 12 12 Blatchford Energy Centre

This geothermal facility pulls heat from 570 boreholes to provide warmed water to the homes in Blatchford. Homes tap into this renewable "utility" to heat their homes and hot water.
Details of Site #12
Site 5 5 Queen Alex NZR Retrofit Home

A panelized deep energy retrofit of a 1950's home to get to Net-Zero Ready (NZR). See the details of the insulating wall panels and roof and the bunnies in the front yard that act as lawnmowers.
Details of Site #5
Site 13 13 Blatchford NZE Home (1)

One of the first NZE homes to be developed in Blatchford. See how this home connects to the district geothermal heating system.
Details of Site #13
Site 6 6 Sundance Retrofit Townhomes

The 59 townhomes in this Coop are getting a deep energy retrofit where each unit is wrapped with new insulation, windows, and doors. The project should be completed this year, come and see the result!
Details of Site #6
Site 14 14 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. They will be displaying their showhome for the tour.
Details of Site #14
Site 7 7 Highlands NZE 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 an R25 sweater for an old house!
Details of Site #7
Site 15 15 Windsor Park Retrofit Home

Retrofit of a 1951 home to improve efficiency and make into 3 suites. They are improving the air-tightness with insulation and windows. Then reducing energy use with 3 geothermal heat pumps and a solar array.
Details of Site #15
Site 8 8 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 #8
Site 16 16 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 #16