📣 NEW REPORT! This is the first resource to summarize the main solar savings models across sectors and offer best practices for making savings meaningful. As solar programs are established nationwide, the doc also includes avenues for further research. 💵 Solar savings are a broad topic. This won't answer every question, but I hope it will get you a good chunk of the way there. What does it mean for savings to be guaranteed in practice? Read on and find out! 🧠 The report brings our research together with the input and knowledge of over 140 individuals and the 29 organizations in the field (including the core project team) that participated in this project. This is not counting the additional feedback gathered at RE+ in Anaheim last year. 🙏 A big thank you to coauthors Warren Leon, Cici Xu, and Allie Garrett, and to our core team members Kerry O'Neill, Kyle Wallace, Jon Abe, Lavonya Jones, Lauren Westmoreland, and Matt Cox for your insights and time! And of course, a big thank you to DOE.
How can we make sure that solar programs benefit everyone? A new report, "Meaningful Household Savings: Best Practices for Achieving Equitable Solar Development," compiles research on best practices for designing solar programs that provide meaningful benefits to low-and-moderate income households. The report examines different types of solar projects, including residential-serving community solar, rooftop solar, and installations serving multifamily affordable housing. It includes six case studies and information about savings verification. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/e2JsM7v3 This report was published by CESA, in partnership with Greenlink Analytics; Inclusive Prosperity Capital; Partnership for Southern Equity; PosiGen; Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF); and Sunwealth. The report was produced as part of the Equitable Solar Communities of Practice program initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office.
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1moHave I ever told all my friends and colleagues on LinkedIn how much I love a great Vero Bourg-Meyer and Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) report? Also really proud of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) connections on this in getting talented people like Allie and Cici working with CESA