With winter on the way, this is the time to devote serious attention to making your house more energy efficient. The Island Housing Trust will host a deep energy retrofit tour at 42 Richmond avenue in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 10 to 11 a.m. Farley Pedler from Farley Built and Marc Rosenbaum from South Mountain Company will lead the tour to demonstrate in practical terms the cost and benefits of deep energy retrofitting a house.

The tour is free and open to the public.

For information, contact Derrill Bazzy at dbazzy@ihtmv.org.