California will require, from 2020, all new homes to be equipped with solar panels

First US state to require solar panels on all its new residential buildings

Some institutions in the United States are still mobilizing as much against Trump's climate policy. The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday, May 9, 2018 new measures for the climate. Thus, from 2020, the new housing of the State will have to be equipped with solar panels to save energy. This new measure is part of California's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday, May 9, 2018 new measures for the climate. Thus, from 2020, the new housing of the State will have to be equipped with solar panels to save energy. Shaded houses exempted from these new measures. The California Energy Commission has announced that the new construction standards, unanimously adopted by its 5 members, will come into effect on 1 January 2020, with the main objective of "reducing by 50% new housing ". With the new standards, residential mortgages (based on 30-year mortgages) are expected to increase by an average of $ 40 a month, but can reduce heating, cooling and heating costs by $ 80 per month. to lighting.

The Commission also said in its statement that these new rules should reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the same way as if 115,000 fossil fuel cars were withdrawn from circulation. Some houses, especially those in the shade, will be exempt from these new measures. Opponents of the project are already saying that this measure will drive up the cost of building new homes by nearly $ 10,000 in a state that is facing a severe housing crisis. California has for decades been at the forefront of environmental fighting in the United States and is committed to producing 50% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030.

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