Re: [pvusers] shadow

[Thomas M Hughes-Lampros <tlampros@UDel.Edu>]

Greetings Sherry,

Re:
> I just noticed that our next-door neighbor here in San Francisco added a
> tall, narrow metal smokestack to his fireplace chimney. (This must have
> happened while we were out of town for the holidays.) At this time of year,
> after 1 p.m. it casts a shadow approximately 5 feet long by 1 foot wide
> onto our rooftop solar panels.

You might want to look into San Francisco's Solar Acess Legislation,
which would protect your right to access of incident solar radiation.
See, for example:
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/greendev/codes.shtml
and scroll down to Solar Access Protection.  I didn't see anything on SF<
but since the city is being so progressive these days (it just passed a
bond to fund a $100 Million development of renewable energy in the city!
http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story.jsp?storyid=1131

If SF *doesn't* have protected solar access, write to your councilperson
and get it enacted!

Tom Hughes-Lampros			tlampros@udel.edu
Institute of Energy Conversion		tel: 302.831.3523
University of Delaware			fax: 302.831.6226
Wyoming Rd.
Newark, DE 19716

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