Overcoming Land-Use Barriers to Solar Access: Solar Planning Recommendations for Local Communities

摘要

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. (ERA citation 81:025230)