▲ 203 ▼ Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US (www.wired.com) submitted 1 year ago by doopinglouie@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] db2@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago (1 child) Affording a balcony might be step one though. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nagaram@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago (2 children) I wanted an apartment with a balcony but they're all $500+ more a month in rent then I'm already paying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't for filthy renters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago they call them "rentoids" now permalink fedilink source parent [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Having lived in a rental for many many years the inability to make small mods is SO annoying. But this does beg the question, who OWNS a balcony. 99% of the home owners I know have single family houses. Granted I live in the south so owning an apartment is not the norm but I assume some people own an apartment in places like New York? But I’d assume people do? I tried to look it up and from what I could find only about 15-17% of housing units in the US are apartments, and of those only about 15% own. So maybe 2% even have the opportunity. And this is assuming THOSE units have balconies, which I’m assuming only a small percentage of that 2% do. I’d think this is a major factor to balcony solar not taking off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Owned apartments are just referred to as condos and presumably the condo owner owns the balcony while the "HOA/COA" owns the building. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why? Landlords usually have more capital accessible to make this kind of move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Because tenants pay for their own electricity so there's no direct incentive for the owners to install solar in order to reduce a bill that someone else pays. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dojan@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago I'm paying $850/mo. for my 2-roomer, with a glassed in balcony. Would definitely forego my balcony if I could pay only 350 for it, but that's a pipedream. $500 upcharge for a balcony is nuts. Then again, my dear friend spontaneously got her rent increased by like $1500/month a couple years back, and that sort of practice would be illegal where I live, so I could see how charging $500 more per month for a balcony would be a thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nagaram@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago (2 children) I wanted an apartment with a balcony but they're all $500+ more a month in rent then I'm already paying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't for filthy renters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago they call them "rentoids" now permalink fedilink source parent [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Having lived in a rental for many many years the inability to make small mods is SO annoying. But this does beg the question, who OWNS a balcony. 99% of the home owners I know have single family houses. Granted I live in the south so owning an apartment is not the norm but I assume some people own an apartment in places like New York? But I’d assume people do? I tried to look it up and from what I could find only about 15-17% of housing units in the US are apartments, and of those only about 15% own. So maybe 2% even have the opportunity. And this is assuming THOSE units have balconies, which I’m assuming only a small percentage of that 2% do. I’d think this is a major factor to balcony solar not taking off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Owned apartments are just referred to as condos and presumably the condo owner owns the balcony while the "HOA/COA" owns the building. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why? Landlords usually have more capital accessible to make this kind of move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Because tenants pay for their own electricity so there's no direct incentive for the owners to install solar in order to reduce a bill that someone else pays. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dojan@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago I'm paying $850/mo. for my 2-roomer, with a glassed in balcony. Would definitely forego my balcony if I could pay only 350 for it, but that's a pipedream. $500 upcharge for a balcony is nuts. Then again, my dear friend spontaneously got her rent increased by like $1500/month a couple years back, and that sort of practice would be illegal where I live, so I could see how charging $500 more per month for a balcony would be a thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't for filthy renters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago they call them "rentoids" now permalink fedilink source parent [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Having lived in a rental for many many years the inability to make small mods is SO annoying. But this does beg the question, who OWNS a balcony. 99% of the home owners I know have single family houses. Granted I live in the south so owning an apartment is not the norm but I assume some people own an apartment in places like New York? But I’d assume people do? I tried to look it up and from what I could find only about 15-17% of housing units in the US are apartments, and of those only about 15% own. So maybe 2% even have the opportunity. And this is assuming THOSE units have balconies, which I’m assuming only a small percentage of that 2% do. I’d think this is a major factor to balcony solar not taking off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Owned apartments are just referred to as condos and presumably the condo owner owns the balcony while the "HOA/COA" owns the building. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why? Landlords usually have more capital accessible to make this kind of move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Because tenants pay for their own electricity so there's no direct incentive for the owners to install solar in order to reduce a bill that someone else pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago they call them "rentoids" now permalink fedilink source parent
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Having lived in a rental for many many years the inability to make small mods is SO annoying. But this does beg the question, who OWNS a balcony. 99% of the home owners I know have single family houses. Granted I live in the south so owning an apartment is not the norm but I assume some people own an apartment in places like New York? But I’d assume people do? I tried to look it up and from what I could find only about 15-17% of housing units in the US are apartments, and of those only about 15% own. So maybe 2% even have the opportunity. And this is assuming THOSE units have balconies, which I’m assuming only a small percentage of that 2% do. I’d think this is a major factor to balcony solar not taking off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Owned apartments are just referred to as condos and presumably the condo owner owns the balcony while the "HOA/COA" owns the building. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Owned apartments are just referred to as condos and presumably the condo owner owns the balcony while the "HOA/COA" owns the building. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why? Landlords usually have more capital accessible to make this kind of move. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Because tenants pay for their own electricity so there's no direct incentive for the owners to install solar in order to reduce a bill that someone else pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Because tenants pay for their own electricity so there's no direct incentive for the owners to install solar in order to reduce a bill that someone else pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dojan@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago I'm paying $850/mo. for my 2-roomer, with a glassed in balcony. Would definitely forego my balcony if I could pay only 350 for it, but that's a pipedream. $500 upcharge for a balcony is nuts. Then again, my dear friend spontaneously got her rent increased by like $1500/month a couple years back, and that sort of practice would be illegal where I live, so I could see how charging $500 more per month for a balcony would be a thing. permalink fedilink source parent