To date, 21 city residents have enlisted in the program. If you want to be the first Back Bay resident in the program, 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. Last week, 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. According to a release, the system will save Menino and his wife an estimated $18 per …
Meg
10:09 am on Monday, October 1, 2012
I really hope to see the solar revolution catch on here in the Boston Back Bay. Residents and property owners looking to install new roofs in Back Bay Boston should certainly take a look at the solar benefits to see how it can save them money in just a few years. http://www.olympicroofing.com/back-bay-boston-roofing/ more ›