Hal and Shelley Cohen will give folks a tour of their beautiful 2500 sq. ft. home and explain how their energy systems work. They power their house with solar panels and store their energy in deep cell batteries. Their home is also "passive solar" and they get additional heat with a wood burning boiler and water storage unit.

Directions from Montpelier: Take Elm Street (Route 12 North - direction of Worcester) about 5 miles, turn left onto Shady Rill Rd (toward Rumney School) go about 1 mile and turn right on the Wood Rd. Bridge, over the bridge make immediate left onto Macey Rd., go 1.7 miles and turn left (at black mailbox) into driveway - 361 Macey Rd., Middlesex, 223-1487.