National Tour of Solar Homes

New Jersey

Fairhaven 63 Hance Rd

Contact Name: Ted Wardell Phone #: 732-223-2337 email:

Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 109. Turn immediately onto 1/2 mile Rd. At dead end take a right onto Front Street. Continue thru Red Bank into Fair Haven (becomes River Rd.) At light before Exxon Station, turn left onto Hance Road, a private drive just after Lewis Point Rd.

Solar Features: A-Frame built in 1980’s about 2,400 sq.ft. space and hot water heated by solar panels, putting in net-metered solar electric generation system Sept. 01, may be ready in time for tour.

Hammonton 2574 Sixth Avenue-Sweetwater

Contact Name: Frederick and Barbara Para Phone #: 609-965-4824 email: bhpara@worldnet.ah.net

Directions: Hammonton Rt. 542 to 7 mile marker, bare right Jackson Road, at stop sign turn right. Go 2 miles to 7th avenue. Next street past 7th is 6th Street. Turn right, 4th house on the right. Garden State Parkway - Exit 52 to Rt. 542 Hammonton until Greenbank, left turn after Greenbank Tavern, left over bridge to dead end right turn, 2 1/2 miles until 6th Avenue, left turn 4th house on right.

Home Information: Architect and Builder: Garden Way Solar Rooms and ourselves Construction or Renovation Costs: $13,000 Compared to conventional construction: $54 sq. ft., equal to conventional building. Size : 24' x 10'

Solar Features: Solar sunspace has an automatic/temperature controlled window, a fan to circulate heat to the rest of the house, screens for the glass to reduce heat in summer, a masonry wall to absorb heat for nigh time use, a 8" concrete floor and dark tiles to absorb heat. Solar tubes for light from the roof--$250 each $75 to install--let light into rooms without windows. No electric lighting needed during daytime. The first year that the sunspace was installed and working our fuel cost (oil) fell by almost half. During the summer months electrical bills were stable and slightly lower using central air conditioning.

Lambertville Jersey Shore Solar Inc

408 Lambertville-Hopewell Road

Contact Name: Rick & Theresa Brooke Phone #: 609-466-8631 email:

Directions: Our home is on Rt 518 between Hopewell and Lambertville. Rt 518 crosses Rt. 31 at the WAWA store. We are 1 1/2 miles west of this intersection.

Home Information: Size: 2000 sq. ft.
Year Built: 1979
Building Style: Ranch
Location: Rural

Solar Features: Solar Hot Water System and AstroPower PV System (1.6 kWh). Astropower PV System installed under NJ Clean Energy program

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