How to solar? First, only do it in the backyard. From the summer issue of Smithsonian magazine, it was intriguing to read of the struggle that manifested for the owner of an officially deemed historic home in northeastern Washington, D.C. In a gesture of green-ness, the owner had placed solar panels on the rear-facing portion of the roof. Pleased with the results, he sought to place panels on the street-facing side. His neighbors-he had lived there for more than 30 years-protested. They were protesting on his front porch. A front-yard version of "nimby" arrived over solar. On a front porch. In Washington, D.C. The application was denied, 5-1, by Washington's Historic Preservation Review Board. The home's modification to accommodate the rear-facing panels had been permitted. But the street-facing panels were impermissible as they would "ruin the house's historic appearance," Smithsonian reported.
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