{"id":106,"date":"2015-12-21T08:41:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T13:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/?p=106"},"modified":"2015-12-21T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T13:41:41","slug":"report-solar-panels-add-value-to-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/report-solar-panels-add-value-to-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Solar panels add value to homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study and report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that the presence of solar panels added value to homes.<\/p>\n<p>The Berkeley Lab engaged a team of seven appraisers across six states &#8212; California, Oregon, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania &#8212; to examine any effect that the presence of photovoltaics (PV) might have on home prices.<\/p>\n<p>The results brought forth strong, appraisal-based evidence of premiums being paid in all states on homes with solar panels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Appraisers across 6 states find home buyers will pay premium for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/solar?src=hash\">#solar<\/a> homes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i4mCekrgOj\">https:\/\/t.co\/i4mCekrgOj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/solarpower?src=hash\">#solarpower<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hVYZdFpuCJ\">pic.twitter.com\/hVYZdFpuCJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Berkeley Lab (@BerkeleyLab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerkeleyLab\/status\/667372278045261825\">November 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rooftop solar adds value to U.S. homes<\/h2>\n<p>According to the Berkeley Lab, previous studies had shown that PV systems add home value, but few included the use of real estate appraisers and standard appraisal methods. <\/p>\n<p>This appraiser-backed study confirmed the results of other large-scale statistical analyses by concluding that the existence of solar panels adds value to homes in a variety of markets.<\/p>\n<h2>Higher home prices, lower solar costs<\/h2>\n<p>This pricing discovery is good news for homeowners, as <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-energy-pricing-at-an-all-time-low\/\" title=\"solar energy pricing is at an all-time low\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>solar energy pricing is at an all-time low<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-installation-costs-are-still-falling\/\" title=\"solar installation costs are still falling\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>solar installation costs are still falling<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Berkeley Lab is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through its Office of Science.<\/em><\/p>\n<span class=\"source-attribution\">Orginally published on &rarr; <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/study-home-values-rise-with-installation-of-solar-panels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solar Energy Local<\/a><\/span><div class=\"pd-photo-att\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rooftop_Photovoltaic_Array_Construction.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo<\/a> by Lucas Braun \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This appraiser-backed study confirmed the results of other large-scale statistical analyses by concluding that the existence of solar panels adds value to homes in a variety of markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}