December 15th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Tesla has completed installation of its Solarglass Roof tiles on our new home and we just turned the system on for the first time. This installation of version 2 of Tesla's Solarglass Roof tiles marks one of the first new-construction homes they've installed these elusive solar roof tiles on anywhere in the world
December 14th, 2019 | by Johnna Crider
CITE Research recently conducted a survey for Vivint Solar and found that 70% of Americans would support a nationwide mandate requiring that solar panels be installed on all newly built homes
July 1st, 2018 | by Eric Kosak
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, history was made. The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the requirement that all new homes and low-rise apartments built from 2020 onwards include solar panels. The approval was supported by builders, utilities, and solar manufacturers. Now, say it with me — hip hip hooray!
September 28th, 2017 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Landscape architects and clean tech? Sounds like the old nature-versus-society conundrum, doesn't it? Well, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) says that homeowners can implement cutting-edge methods so that residential landscapes support the environment — no matter the location or property size. And the ASLA is backing up its argument with a series of free online sustainable design guides to help spread understanding about sustainable and resilient residential practices
March 1st, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Lancaster, California, is located northeast of Los Angeles near Edwards Air Force Base. It lies at the edge of the Mojave Desert, where abundant sunshine is the order of the day. The city has been a leader in clean, renewable energy since 2011 and has been requiring builders to install solar panels on all new homes since 2014. Its policies have served as a model for other California communities, including Sebastopol, Santa Monica, and San Francisco. Now, the city seeks to raise the bar by requiring each new home to have a rooftop solar system large enough to meet its full energy needs
December 8th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
Cities are where most of the world's people live, and they can make the move toward cleantech and away from burning up the planet go much, much — much — faster. In fact, some policies could trump critical levers like ZEV mandates, and if adopted broadly, make the ZEV transition happen faster than most of us think possible
May 22nd, 2013 | by Nicholas Brown
There are many ways to go solar, and they all haven’t yet been tried — people are continually coming up [&hellip
April 9th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
On March 4, we wrote about Lancaster’s requirement that all new single-family homes have solar panels installed on them. So [&hellip
March 4th, 2013 | by James Ayre
A first-of-its-kind requirement for solar power systems is going to be implemented in Lancaster, California. The requirement is that solar [&hellip
