Tag: Residential Solar
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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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Solar customers shop on YouTube more than you think — here’s four ways you can capitalize
If you haven’t been paying attention to YouTube, it’s time to start thinking about it. The platform has over 1.9 billion monthly users and 6 out of 10 people now say they prefer online video to live TV. Each quarter, Modernize compiles and publishes what we have learned from interviewsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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There’s a push in Brooklyn to turn its microgrid into a local energy marketplace via blockchain
Brooklyn residents have launched a campaign via Change.org to turn the Brooklyn Microgrid into a fully functioning Local Energy Marketplace, in a bid to help progress New York City’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV). The Brooklyn Microgrid (BMG), which has been run by LO3 Energy as a test project sinceRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Energy World expands solar installation business in Florida with education push
Although Florida is the “Sunshine State” some residents don’t understand the benefits of going solar. This is why Solar Energy World (SEW) is making a big investment in customer education as part of its growth strategy. Headquartered in Maryland, SEW opened in Tampa in June 2019 and expanded into OrlandoRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Soft cost progress: Over 300 local governments have streamlined solar permitting thanks to SolSmart program
We hype solar technology innovation often as the path forward to a renewable energy future, but the technology we have is already pretty awesome. The bigger opportunity to grow solar is now in small-scale local progress — cutting permitting red tape and normalizing solar systems within the zeitgeist. We arguedRead More — Solar Builder magazine