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What is the City of Calgary doing about solar ready housing currently?

April 26, 2017Calgary city Currently doing HOUSING ready solar

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What is the City of Calgary doing about solar ready housing currently?

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In a recent meeting the Calgary Planning Commission stated: “6.0 ADDITIONAL WORK AND CONSIDERATIONS Further work will undertaken by the Land Use Bylaw Sustainment Team regarding renewable energy technology. Further work being undertaken includes: Solar ready requirements: A significant barrier to greater utilization of solar technologies is that installation of solar technology of many existing houses often requires installation of a connection between the rooftop and the utility room. Retrofitting this connection can add to the cost and complexity of many solar installations. The Canadian Solar Industries Association has published guidelines that can be used to build houses that are better able to have solar collectors added at a later point in time.