(A warehouse in Los Angeles covered in solar panels.)
Ed, an urban dweller in Arizona, writes:
Looking at your web site, I was struck by the difference between urban and rural approaches to solar hot water. You can make anything, put it wherever you want, and its appearance is governed only by your own aesthetics.
Where we live we are constrained by city codes, homeowner association codes (yes, even for solar systems), and the rules of the electric and gas utilities. But we get huge “up front” rebates from the electric company for solar hot water ($750 + $0.25 x (kwh saved by the solar system)) and photovoltaic ($3.00 x (DC watts installed on the roof). To qualify for the rebates the systems have to meet stringent requirements set by the utilities.
Our HOA established a “solar-green” task force to educate and motivate our 2500 homeowners to seriously consider solar systems and conservation programs – rain water harvesting, for example. I volunteered to help. It is a fun and interesting project, and I was surprised to find that even for us old geezers solar hot water systems are, in today’s world, a good investment as well as the right thing to do.
Hello.
I would like to put a link to your site on my blog roll if you want to do the same for mine. It would be a good way to build up both of our readerships.
thank you.