Design and Architecture
Solar panel installations will soar under new rules
Starting in just two years, any new homes built in California will have to include solar panels and other energy-efficiency measures. Those are among the new energy standards that The California Energy Commission unanimously approved Wednesday.
By Frances Anderton • • 3m ListenThe California Energy Commission voted 5-0 on Wednesday to require nearly all new homes, condos and apartment buildings up to three stories high to have solar panels on the roofs. It takes effect in 2020.
told the Orange County Register that building affordable housing should take precedence over enshrining solar panel enforcement. “Why not just pause for a little while, focus on the affordability and housing issues, then circle back?”
ever-evolving nanny-state policies, having recently prohibited everything from plastic bags to foie gras – and even flirting with phasing out internal combustion engines.”
