Solar Design Associates was chosen to support the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (CEC) in selecting solar installers for the first full round of the Solarize Massachusetts program. The program encourages the adoption of residential scale solar PV by combining community outreach and a tiered pricing structure that provides increased savings as more people in the community purchase or lease systems.
SDA will assist the MA CEC in evaluating installer proposals on technical, financial, and quality assurance bases. Solar Design Associates has more than 35 years of experience designing, engineering, and installing PV systems in Massachusetts, nationwide, and internationally. The firm has been located in MA since its founding in 1974 and has pioneered the development of distributed renewable energy applications in the state. In the 1980’s, SDA provided engineering and equipment specifications for the nation’s first net metered community solar project in Gardner, MA and collaborated with MIT on the first zero net energy home in Carlisle, MA.
Thirteen cities and towns have been deemed Solarize Communities for the current installment of the program, which will run through September 2012. These communities are Acton, Arlington, Boston, Hopkinton, Melrose, Mendon, Montague, Newburyport, Palmer, Pittsfield-Lenox, Shirley, Sutton-Millbury, and Wayland-Sudbury-Lincoln.
