Philadelphia Solar - UEE - Urban Eco Electric

RESOURCES: ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR 21st CENTURY NEEDS

Home Values are higher with Solar: Recent studies are confirming that homes are more salable with Solar panels -- both purchased outright and through a leasing program. Read this article in The Appraisal Journal or this whitepaper presented at The American Solar Energy Society.

UEE Flyer: Want to learn the basics of how our system works? Want to send a introduction to a friend or neighbor. Click for a pdf flyer in english or in spanish.

NREL review of Solar Leasing: The National Renewable Energy Labratory (a U.S. Department of Energy lab in Golden, CO) wrote this reveiw about the growth of solar leasing and it's benefits financing solar panels for residential customers.

Homeowners Insurance: As a part of the lease, you will call your insurance agent, tell them you're putting up solar panels and add UEE as an additionally insured. We've talked to some of the bigger insurers and they say their would not be any premium increases and that has been the experience of Solar leasing customers in CA. Here is a sample certificate to make it easy to talk with your insurance agent.

Homeowners Powerpoint Slideshow: This is an easy to follow powerpoint presentation to watch or share with your friends outline how the program can work for Philadelphia homeowners with sunny flat roofs.

Lease Application: Start the process to get clean solar power without any upfront costs. Download in word to fill out on your computer or as a pdf to print and fax or mail.

Citizens Energy: Joseph Kennedy. Beginning in 1979 with oil-trading ventures in Latin America and Africa, Citizens Energy has used revenues from commercial enterprises to channel millions of dollars into charitable programs in the U.S. and abroad. Whether heating the homes of the elderly and the poor, lowering the cost of prescription drugs for millions of Americans, or starting solar heating projects in Jamaica and Venezuela, Citizens creates social ventures as innovative as the businesses that finance them.

PECO and Rate Caps: A PECO site for informing you about increasing PECO costs with the removal of rate caps in 2011.

Delaware Valley Green Building Council: Delaware Valley Green Building Council Its mission is to advance and promote sustainable and environmentally responsible planning, design, construction and operation of the region’s buildings, landscapes, cities and communities, mindful of the legacy we leave for future generations.

Penn Future: JOIN PennFuture - Pennsylvania's leading and most effective environmental organization. By doing so, you will help enforce our laws and watchdog state government.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Office of Energy and Technology Deployment.

City of Philadelphia: Office of Sustainability and Solar City Partnerships.