Building a Solar Powered Home in a Historic Neighborhood. A Case Study with CVF Homes, the City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation and the Lavaca Neighborhood Association
- Build San Antonio Green, San Antonio, TX (United States); City of San Antonio
- Build San Antonio Green, San Antonio, TX (United States)
A Texas collaboration is working to streamline and enable an increase in photovoltaic capacity. The City of San Antonio has made tremendous progress in recent years in the area of solar energy installations on residences. These projects have been great successes, though not without the usual challenges associated with solar energy installations. The City has also seen an increased interest in solar energy systems in official “historic” neighborhoods. These installations have a potential for added challenges, as neighborhoods designated “historic” have additional restrictions, aside from standard building codes, about what changes and upgrades can be done to the exterior. This is in an effort to maintain the historic qualities of the homes and preserve the historical nature of the neighborhoods in which they are present. The purpose of this case study was to examine the construction of a new, single family home, with an included solar energy system, in an official historic neighborhood in San Antonio. Build San Antonio Green hoped to uncover what specific additional challenges the builder faced when working in a historic neighborhood and how those challenges were overcome, to serve as a model for other builders wishing to install solar energy systems in historic neighborhoods. This is of particular importance, as the City of San Antonio has more than 20 officially designated historic neighborhoods, and without proper knowledge of how to comply with the additional regulations, contractors, builders, and solar installers could potentially miss out on tremendous opportunities.
- Research Organization:
- City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation, San Antonio, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Golden Field Office
- Contributing Organization:
- City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005702
- OSTI ID:
- 1079440
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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