California To Requiore Solar Panels On New Homes

The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.

California to requiore solar panels on new homes.

The recommended energy efficiency standards will be added to building regulations and requirements at some point this year. The new building standard unanimously approved by the five member. California became the first state in the nation last year to require solar panels on newly built homes. Earlier this month california became the first state to require all new homes to have solar power.

The california energy commission approved a plan in a 5 0 vote requiring all newly constructed homes to have rooftop solar going into effect in 2020. 1 will require solar panels to be installed causing housing prices to rise but lowering. The mandate is aimed at reducing california s overall greenhouse gas emissions. The california building standards commission voted unanimously to approve new standards.

Solar panels will be a required feature on new houses in california after the state s building standards commission gave final approval to a housing rule that s the first of its kind in the united. But it s starting to look like the mandate wasn t quite a mandate. A new california law set to take effect in 2020 is expected to make the price of new homes in the state thousands of dollars more expensive. Part of the motivation for the new policy is california s.

California has become the first state in the country to require that all new houses have solar panels. California on wednesday moved to require solar panels on all new homes and low rise apartment buildings starting in 2020. A big change is coming to california s housing market in 2020. The mandate which comes from the california energy commission cec will take effect in 2020 making solar power even more common in a state that already boasts about half the country s solar generating capacity.