Want Solar Cells on Your West Roxbury Property? Solarize Mass can Help

To date, 21 city residents have enlisted in the program. If you're interested, the deadline to sign up is Sep. 30.

  The City of Boston has a green agenda, and you can get in on it through Sept. 30 at little immediate cost - and some West Roxbury residents have already done so. Recently, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino joined 20 other Boston property owners, who had enlisted in the Solarize Mass program, which allows Boston property owners to add solar cells to their roofs with little upfront cost. The way the agreement works, a solar company leases your roof and installs solar cells on it. The company takes responsibility for maintaining the cells themselves and the performance of the whole system. In return, the property owner agrees to purchase — at a special, lower-rate — the power generated by their panels for the next 20 years. West Roxbury Saves …

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A Patch of Green

Is Solar Energy in Your Future?

This environmentally friendly column is brought to you by West Roxbury Saves Energy, a community-based organization committed to spreading the word that individuals can make positive choices that save money as well as the planet.

  OK, so West Roxbury isn’t southern California. We have lots of overcast days. Most winters, there’s snow on the roof for at least a few weeks and rain for a few more weeks. Solar energy isn’t for me, you’re thinking. But think again, and consider this: we have much more sun than Germany, yet Germany has one of the highest solar adoption rates in the world. At an informative presentation this month at the Roche Family Community Center sponsored by Solarize Mass—Boston, West Roxbury residents heard plenty of good reasons to consider saving energy and money by going solar. Adam Korngold — owner of Waves Car Wash and a winner of West Roxbury Saves Energy’s Green Business Award — told the gathering he generates 20% of his electricity needs …

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