People are looking at efficiency and renewables after they design and build their house. The best opportunities for energy savings are in the design stage… so even if renewable energy is growing exponentially it doesn’t work as well without strenuous efficiency efforts. The rising cost of energy will help, as will the “normalizing” of those efforts. I’d like to see a significant break on permitting for renewables and efficiency, as well ad educating the planners and inspectors: this is crucial and it’s lacking, leading to sloppy implementation.
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