Overcoming land-use barriers to solar access: solar planning recommendations for local communities

Technical Report · Thu Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6487923

The existing legal and institutional barriers to the installation of solar energy systems and to the protection of solar access caused by land use regulations and policies in the Central Naugatuck Valley Region are analyzed. Specific barriers in zoning, subdivision, inland wetland, historic district, building code, and public health code regulations which could impede the development of solar domestic hot water systems and passive solar design concepts are identified. Specific recommendations are provided for overcoming land use barriers to solar access and for promoting energy conscious building, landscaping and site planning design in Connecticut.

• Research Organization: Central Naugatuck Valley Regional Planning Agency, Waterbury, CT (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6487923
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-1025039
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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BUILDING CODES
CONNECTICUT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING SYSTEMS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
LANDSCAPING
LEGAL ASPECTS
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PLANNING
PUBLIC HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS
REGULATIONS
SOLAR ACCESS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR RIGHTS
USA