Tag: Countdown to 2020
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California new-build solar mandate crash course
2020 – the dawn of the Solar+ Decade – kicks off with the official launch of California’s much heralded (and controversial) Building Energy Efficiency Standards Title 24 mandate that all new residential construction include a solar energy component. If you spent most of 2019 trapped in a well or waitingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Countdown to 2020, part VI: Time’s Up, California
This final article in our Countdown to 2020 series originally appeared in the November/December 2019 issue of Solar Builder. Subscribe here for free if you haven’t already. The launch of California’s Title 24 new build solar mandate is less than two months away, and it’s nowhere near the topRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Post-California solar mandate: Two blind spots contractors need to avoid
Effective January 2020 the state of California has mandated that all new residential construction (both single-family and multifamily, three stories or less) will require some level of photovoltaic (PV) installation, providing boundless opportunities for contractors and builders to take on new business. Now, with only a few short months remainingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunrun partners with Citadel Roofing to serve California’s new-build home solar market
Citadel Roofing & Solar, one of California’s largest and most experienced roofing and solar installers, announced its official partnership with Sunrun to offer solar-as-a-service and solar purchase products to California homebuilders and their homebuyers for as little as zero upfront cost. With this agreement, Citadel will be able to offerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Countdown to California 2020, Part V: Can the solar sector and grid planners meet in the middle?
With solar power coming to every new home, the solar sector and grid planners in California try to meet in the middle When it comes to driving solar capacity, California is basically the overachieving kid in class who does all of the work and lets other slacker states glance atRead More — Solar Builder magazine