Environment and Energy
May 12, 2018
California: A Solar Panel for Every Home
Written by Sandy Williams
The California Energy Commission voted unanimously last week to require solar panels for new homes beginning in 2020. Included in the plan are new single-family homes, condos and apartment buildings up to three stories high.
“Homes under the (new) standards will use about 50 percent less energy than those under the previous 2016 standards,” said CEC spokeswoman Amber Beck, “and greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced as if 115,000 cars were taken off the road.”
