Renters and Multifamily
Solar for New Yorkers who do not own a roof: community solar, co-op and condo buildings, two-family houses, landlord-owned systems, and who receives the credits.
Solar for Affordable Housing in New York
Two very different projects hide behind one phrase: solar on an affordable housing property, and solar for a household on a low income. They use different…
Renters and Multifamily5 min read
Solar for a Condo Building in New York: Who Decides
On a condominium the roof is a common element, so solar is an association project rather than a unit owner one, and the electricity rarely reaches…
Renters and Multifamily6 min read
Shared Solar for an Apartment Building in New York
Shared solar can mean three quite different things in an apartment building, and they benefit different people. Establishing which one is proposed comes before any savings…
Renters and Multifamily5 min read
Portable Solar for an Apartment Balcony in New York
A balcony panel is an appliance, not a solar installation. Two questions decide whether it is workable at all: what your lease says, and whether anything…
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Can My Landlord Install Solar and Raise the Rent?
Panels on the roof of a building you rent do not decide your rent. Your lease and your regulatory status do — and the first question…
Renters and Multifamily5 min read
Solar for a Rental Property Owner in New York
A landlord's solar project succeeds or fails on one question asked before design: which meter does the system offset?
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Who Pays for Solar in a Multifamily Building?
Multifamily solar stalls on one structural problem — whoever pays for the array is usually not the person whose bill it reduces. Here are the four…
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Solar for a Master-Metered Building in New York
Where the owner buys all the electricity, solar and the person paying for it are finally aligned. That makes master-metered buildings the strongest multifamily case.
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Solar for a Co-op Building: Getting Board Approval
In a co-op you are not asserting a right, you are making a case. Here is what the board actually needs to see.
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Solar for a Two-Family House in New York
Two-family houses are everywhere in New York and almost every solar proposal for one gets the meter question wrong. Settle it first.
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Solar Options for Renters in New York
Most New Yorkers rent, and almost all solar advice assumes a roof. Here is what is genuinely available to someone who does not own one.
Renters and Multifamily4 min read
Solar for NYC Apartments and Co-ops
Most New York City households cannot install solar because they do not own the roof. That leaves three real options, and one of them requires no…
Renters and Multifamily7 min read
Not sure which programmes apply to you?
Eligibility in New York depends on your utility, your roof and whether you buy, finance or subscribe. Put the system size and price an installer quotes you into the estimator and see the rebate and the state credit on one scale.