Solar PV Roofing Guide:

Solar PV Guide:
Principles of how Solar PV works, and ways to get Free Electricity / Speed up the pay-off period!

SolarWise BI-PV Roofs:
Fully Building-Integrated, Lowest Cost/Watt Solar PV flat roofing system from IB and Uni-Solar.

Solar Rebates & Incentives:
Federal, State & Local rebates, grants, and incentives in MA, CT, RI available for IB SolarWise PV.

Flat Roofing Guide:

Flat Roof Repair
Should you fix or replace your old flat roof? See why repairing that roof is MORE EXPENSIVE than getting a new IB's lifetime roof.

Single Ply Roofing:
Benefits of Single Ply Roofing Systems vs. the old asphalt, BUR, modified bitumen roof.

Solar PV Guide:
Principles of how Solar PV works, and ways to get Free Electricity / Speed up the pay-off period!

Green Roofs: Roof top garden design, benefits and price guide. Green roofing creates healthier cities and makes a roof last much longer, when built correctly.

Knowledge Guides:

Roofing - Learning center contains Do-it-yourself roofing projects that show steps to repair flat and low slope roofs. Detail roofing guides help you solve common roof problems. Homeowners guide to roofing explains benefits of different roof materials and technology.

Solar PV Rebates & Incentives: Federal and State - MA, CT, RI

Renewable Energy is becoming increasingly popular among Home-owners, Small Businesses and Large Corporations alike, especially with sky-rocketing energy cost. Solar PV (photo-voltaic) is by far the most popular renewable-energy technology, but despite such popularity, Solar is not economically feasible for most people without government support.

Solar PV technology has a huge potential to provide if not all, but bigger chunk of US electricity, which at this moment comes mostly from fossil-fuels such as Coal and Natural Gas, as well as some Nuclear and Hydro power, Still fossil-fuels provide most of our ever-rising electricity demand. While gas and coal are relatively cheap compared with other energy sources, they are polluting our atmosphere with 'green-house' gases. Also due to rising energy demand, cost of gas, coal and oil keeps rising, with no limit in the foreseeable future.

Solar on the other hand produces clean, 'free' energy in form of electricity, heat, and light. Although benefits of solar are enormous, so is the initial capital investment, which without additional incentives becomes not so attractive to the end user. Fortunately US government, as well as many other governments through-out the world see great potential and need in renewable energy and offer end-user the financial rebates and incentives to promote the widespread of renewable energy, which in turn reduces the cost of such technologies.

Here we will review rebates and incentives offered by Federal, State and local governments, as well as utility companies and other organisations in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island (Note: Due to recent budget deficit and slow economic conditions in RI, most of State-sponsored renewable-energy incentives are temporarily suspended - we will keep a close eye on the situation and post updates as news become available).

Federal Tax Rebates for Solar PV: Commercial and Residential

Commercial:

Federal Government offers Tax rebate for solar and other renewable-energy installed on your building. You can claim 30% Business Energy Tax Credit in the year of installation and a 5-year accelerated depreciation thereafter. No maximum cap for Solar PV, while other technologies may have a limit.

Residential:

For residential Solar PV systems, the Federal Tax Credit is 30% percent with $2000 cap.

Note: Current Federal Tax Credits for renewable-energy are set to expire on December 31, 2008. Unless they are renewed before expiration, Tax credits will be reduced to 10%. Currently, Big-Oil companies receive over $1.5 billion/year in Federal Tax Credits from US government for oil exploration and drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. These same companies that had over $130 billion profits (net income after all expenses and taxes paid) in 2007. These money con be use to the advantage of the people of the United States in form of Renewable Energy Bill, that President Bush promised to veto, if it passes in the senate. We urge you to call your Senator, State Representative, Governor, and other officials as well as Presidential Candidates, and tell them that we, the people, demand support for renewable-energy.

State Tax Rebates, Incentives and Grants for Solar PV

Each State has a different Solar Rebates and Incentives Program, and to eliminate any confusion, we list them under each state's respective page. This programs are designed for residents and businesses located in each state to take advantage of all the great benefits of Renewable Energy, and to help out the environment.

Massachusetts Solar PV Rebates

Connecticut Solar PV Rebates - Section Coming Soon

Rhode Island Solar PV Rebates: Apparently, due to excessive budget deficit in RI, there is no renewable-energy rebates available at this time. This is very unfortunate, and we try to do anything we can (which is not a lot, as this matter is in hands of RI policy makers) to bring those rebates back. To find out what is being done or how you can contribute to these and other renewable-energy initiatives, visit Apeiron Institute - a group of volunteers and activists of Sustainable way of life in RI and surrounding areas.

If you live or do business in RI, you are paying a Renewable-Energy charge on your electric bill. Fight for your right to access of a State-sponsored Solar PV rebates program, to which you and EVERY customer of electric companies in RI contributes every month. Yet your money go somewhere else, while the National 'Greed' keeps on hiking your electricity rates. Contact RI Governor and the members of state senate and tell them you wand the Renewable-Energy Program back!

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