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United States: San Francisco mandates solar panels on new buildings
2016-04-22 01:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Never mind that San Francisco is known for waves of fog rolling in from the bay. This week, it became the first major city in the United States to mandate solar panels on new buildings with fewer than 10 floors. The Better Roofs Ordinance, unanimously approved by the city`s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, builds off of existing California law that requires 15 percent of new rooftops to be "solar ready." Now, those solar-ready roofs will have to include functioning solar panels. While it`s...
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