Installing Solar Panels On Your Home
June 15, 2016 3:22 pm
What if you could reduce your home’s yearly carbon footprint by the same amount it would take 88 tress per year to offset? This may be possible with solar panels. These devices have become more commonplace in recent years. A solar panel contains photovoltaic cells, which are batteries that transform sunlight into energy, send that energy to an inverter, and the inverter converts the energy into electricity. Levine Homes Real Estate & Construction is here to provide you with everything you need to know about installing solar panels.
Why Go Solar?
Solar panels need plenty of sunlight in order to effectively convert energy into electricity. What better place to put them to use than in sunny Southern California? Installation tends to raise home values, especially when you consider that if you sell, new homeowners won’t have to pay for installation and save on electricity bills. There are also tax incentives which help to reduce the cost of installation, especially if business owners and homeowners have the installation completed before the end of 2016.
Levine-Homes Can Help
From contract signing to installation, it can take a few weeks to a few months to finally get the panels on your house. Upfront costs average around $17,000, and a permit is required and usually acquired by the installer. Price depends largely on the size of the system you will install as well as the size of the panels. Your system size can be calculated by multiplying your average kilowatts of energy consumption per day by .25. The number of panels is dependent on how many hours of sunlight they will receive each day.
There are many different incentives and financing programs out there to help homeowners take advantage of solar energy, including the HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity) program. This program provides financing for energy-efficient and renewable energy products for homes and businesses in certain parts of California. Of course, your system should also be installed by professionals who know what they’re doing. Levine Homes Real Estate & Construction can not only help you understand the tax benefits and financing options available, but our solar division can install your system for you.
Now Is the Perfect Time to Get Started
Some incentive programs end at the close of 2016, so now is the perfect time to get started on installing a solar panel for your home or business. Southern California has ideal weather for this sort of clean energy solution, so homeowners and business owners might as well start taking advantage of it right away.
