The city is considering a Solar Zoning amendment to encourage and protect solar adoption in the city. Rooftop solar is an important tool for providing clean electricity and reaching our carbon goals, but any amendment needs to consider the impact on future solar installations, not just existing ones.

We have a green roof ordinance , which means new buildings over 25,000 sq. ft. are required to have roofs with vegetation or rooftop solar. The city is considering a rule to limit the roof size of new affordable housing overlay or 6-story mixed-income buildings in an effort to protect solar on existing buildings. But doing so would reduce the size of future green roofs, because the new buildings that are required to have them will have their roof’s size reduced. And Massachusetts General

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