One of the first things to do is make sure your property is suitable for the types of renewable energy sources that you want to use. This starts with deed restrictions, zoning regulations, and building codes that will be enforced on your property. You should start by calling your local zoning office (no sense driving over there yet and wasting gasoline). Your local zoning officials should be able to send you all the information you need regarding zoning regulations and deed restrictions that might apply to your property.
The next step will be assessing your site for its suitability and potential. There are a number of ways to have this done. In Wisconsin there are people who are trained specifically to do independent site suitability studies and you can pay them a small fee to test your site. Enclosed below is a link to the complete “focus on energy” article for site assessment. You can also have product manufacturers assess your site. Hopefully you will get a realistic assessment of your sites potential even though the assessor has a product they would like to sell. The other possibility is for you to learn everything you can about the systems you are interested in using and do your own site assessment.
My personal preference for site assessment is all of the above. I would prefer to do my own assessment and back up my results with both an independent consultant and a manufacturers opinion. A collection of opinions should produce a fair and realistic assessment of your sites potential.
Assess your property’s renewable energy potential
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