Thursday, June 6, 2013

Nederland leads the way!

On June 5th 2013, Nederland became the first municipality in Boulder County to be recognized as a Solar Friendly Community.  The Solar Friendly Communities Project outlines 12 best practices that towns and communities can implement to earn points in order to receive recognition as a Solar Friendly Community. Nederland reached the bronze level (700 points) for adopting several different local practices to streamline their solar energy permitting system.  An additional benefit of receiving the distinction of “Solar Friendly Community” is that homeowners who install Solar PV (photovoltaic) on their home will receive a $500 discount on their installation. 

Read here to see what the Mayor of Nederland has to say about Nederland’s award.

If you missed it, last month Boulder County was also recognized as a Solar Friendly Community for earning 900 points and the Silver Level Recognition.

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*In order to qualify for Solar Photovoltaic under this loan, borrowers must achieve 15% energy efficiency improvement to the property.


written by Rachel Norton 

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