Spacing editor Leah Sandals reports:
As reported in the Star today, consortiums of Toronto homeowners are pooling together to mass-purchase and install solar panels in their communities.
Tyler Hamilton reports:
“In the Riverdale, Leslieville, and Beaches communities, about 75 homeowners have banded together to make a bulk purchase of rooftop solar photovoltaic panels that will meet a portion of each home’s power demands. Solera Sustainable Energies Co. won the contract and will begin installing the panels this week.
Across the city, in an area encompassing Parkdale, High Park, the Annex, and Seaton Village, a group of more than 150 homeowners has been similarly inspired and will soon invite interested solar companies to bid for their business. This grassroots project has caught the attention of the Harbord Village Residents Association, which is now considering its own bulk-purchase initiative.â€
Though Harper wants to pull out of Kyoto, it appears many Torontonians don’t. And since air conditioners are already groaning under the temps of a “summer heat wave†that just happened to start in mid-Spring, we should be thankful they are.