Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Going Solar?

[Lashbrook, Stephan (lashbrook]

Phil:

I don't know if Oakland is the right place to think in terms of
photovoltaics yet, but you could sure heat a lot of water in a
cost-effective way with solar.

I'd be researching at Cal -- a great resource in your back yard.

PG & E might also be helpful -- or the exact opposite, but you won't know
without asking.

Stephan





-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Ferrante-Roseberry [mailto:phil [at] compumentor.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 11:00 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_Going Solar?


Hi all,

Does anyone have experience they'd be willing to share on using solar 
power in coho? About 10 of our households share a continuous, one 
block long sunny roof with the common house, and so we've begun 
discussing installing solar across the whole thing and piping it into 
the common house's electrical circuit, which would almost certainly 
'run the meter backwards' and generate a revenue stream.

But what we know at this point is massively outweighed by what we 
don't know. We need to come up to speed on the technology, costs, 
financing options, projected break-even point, and countless other 
things. If anyone can offer some advice or referrals, feel free to 
either contact me directly (phil [at] compumentor.org) or send general 
impressions to the list.

Best wishes,

Phil Ferrante-Roseberry at Swan's Market Cohousing in Oakland, CA, 
where we recently celebrated our first anniversary of move-in!!!
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