Yes, if exterior changes are prohibited and that information was recorded prior to your purchase. You need to review the provisions of all the recorded documents that affect the property specifically any restrictive covenants, rules and regulations. If you still have questions you should call the attorney who represented you when you purchased the property.
As an alternative, it's possible that in today's 'green' real estate climate, you can propose that your board amend your governing documents to allow solar installations, and determine where the panels are placed, how large they are, how the financing arrangements are set out, and so forth, so that your community can take this step into the future -- as an association.
Often, a large buying group makes economic sense overall, and if your assessments pay for electricity, the unused power that can be sold back to the public utility can potentially reduce your assessments, or balance out the expense of installing panels.
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Energy Solutions is a company that offers solar panel installations. Sun Power Corp. is another viable company. Locally, Home Depot and Lowe's offer advice on installations.
Solar power reduces energy costs for a typical homeowner by generating your own electricity using the power of the sun. You can also get huge tax credits just for installing a solar power system.
Elecsa is a contracting company based out of the United Kingdoms. They do more than just electrical installation including solar panel installations, bio-mass installations,wind installations, and other "green energy" installations where contracts are required.
REC Solar is a company that specializes in solar power designs and installations for residential government customers across all major solar markets. The company started in 1997 and has grown to serve a lot of countries.
No. There is not way we can stop or influence a solar storm.
Solar energy, whether heat or light, is not stored energy. It is radiant energy. It needs to be converted in order to store it. Plants produce glucose, which stores it as chemical energy. Solar heat installations usually store it as heat in a fluid. Solar electric installations produce current electricity, which can be stored in various ways including batteries and pumped water storage.
It is expensive to put in and not everyone can afford it. Until recently it also was not available for the homeowner .
At the end of a solar lease, typically after 20-25 years, the homeowner can choose to renew the lease, purchase the solar panels at market value, have the solar company remove the panels, or potentially extend the lease on a month-to-month basis.
You can get a couple solar panels AND a new air conditioner from Lennox for maybe around $10,000 from what I've read. Check www.findhvacdealer.com for Lennox dealers in your area since they can do solar installations (many of them can at least). - kyler boudreau
Yes, but it's not as widespread as photovoltaic rooftop installations despite the potential cost and efficiency improvements. Also, some government initiatives (e.g. the Australian renewable energy credit scheme) do not currently recognise solar thermal installations as home alternative energy generation.
LARS ANDREN has written: 'SOLAR INSTALLATIONS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT; TRANS. BY JILL GERTZEN'