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California Poised to Require 'solar Ready Roofs' on New Homes and Buildings

By tovarichpeter   Follow   Thu, 31 May 2012, 10:03am   957 views   8 comments
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1. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

   1   9:41pm Thu 31 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Required ? more State regulations to kill off our industries.

2. Philistine Follow Befriend 490 comments Los Angeles, CA

   2   10:38pm Thu 31 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   It's the decline and fall of the American Empire and the legi-sissies are still masturbating to environannystate fantasies.

3. bubblesitter Follow Befriend (5) 10 threads 2,329 comments

   3   7:15am Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   tovarichpeter says California Poised to Require What's new? Require? seems very familiar. I wonder what the life would be with a billion requirements to satisfy?

4. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

   4   8:31am Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   At least the whole house fan makes sense. The low e-glass is already a requirement isn't it? I'm curious to know how one makes a roof "solar ready"? and photo-thermal panels satisfy the requirement. The article only talks about photoelectric.

5. YesYNot Follow Befriend (2) 15 threads 430 comments Reston, VA

   5   8:52am Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   http://southcoastsolar.com/learn-more/solar-for-new-homes/ It would be nice if the journalist would tell us what the CA law is about. Part of building things solar ready, like locating sewer vents on the north side rather than right in the middle of a south facing roof. This sounds like a pretty good and benign idea. Without the law, no builder would bother thinking about these things, and it would cost a crapload more in the future. It is part of the CA gov't job to insure adequate power supplies in the future, and this may be a cheap way to do it.

6. DaveM_Renter Follow Befriend 7 threads 37 comments San Clemente, CA

   6   9:19am Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I like it

7. Auntiegrav Follow Befriend (5) 7 threads 228 comments Belgium, WI Premium

   7   5:12am Sat 2 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   A recent experience of a relative during a devastating windstorm in a small town showed that the solar panels they installed held their roof on while everyone else in the town lost theirs. I think the insurance industry might find that solar panels are a big savings when installed properly. A few extra screws are better than buying a new roof, and far too many homes are built barely to specs based on last century's wind data.

8. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

   8   9:13pm Mon 18 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Auntiegrav says A recent experience of a relative during a devastating windstorm in a small town showed that the solar panels they installed held their roof on while everyone else in the town lost theirs. I think the insurance industry might find that solar panels are a big savings when installed properly. A few extra screws are better than buying a new roof, and far too many homes are built barely to specs based on last century's wind data. Or they could just require the few extra screws. I doubt having solar panels will ever yield a savings that better building standards can't generate for less.