The 2014 Middle Peninsula Solar Tour, which will be conducted from from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, is a free, self-guided tour of seven sites: four residences and three businesses.

Tour attendees must register at www.hrsolartour.com to receive the addresses of the tour sites. This tour is part of a national and region-wide event that occurs on the same day. The Hampton Roads Solar Tour also includes the Peninsula, Southside and the Eastern Shore with a total of 24 sites.

Three of the solar homes that are featured on the Middle Peninsula tour are passive solar and all were built in the mid-1980s; two of the homes are owner-built. One home features a 6.9 kW photovoltaic system to supply the home’s energy, and has a solar thermal hot water system. Another home features a geothermal heat pump. Two homes feature ductless mini-split heat pump systems.

The Canon Environmental Technologies, Inc. (CETI) facility in Gloucester County has the largest array of rooftop solar photovoltaic ...