News: RISMEDIA

As some of the nation’s citizens address spiraling energy costs and supply uncertainty by installing high technology solar power and heat generation equipment, they frequently find themselves in the cross fire of a historical debate.

Local community ordinances, preserving historical buildings and landmarks, along with Home Owners Associations around the nation, have forbidden high tech solar panel and other energy efficient applications in the name of aesthetic compliance and homogeneity.

Some states, such as California and New Jersey, are wielding legislative power to stop local ordinances from preventing clean energy solar panel systems and other efficiency measures.