Solar Powering Sunnyside Land-Use Types Cards
Mixed Residential
WERING PO
Auto-Oriented Commercial
WERING PO
SOLAR
SOLAR
WERING PO
Single-Family Medium/High-Density Residential
WERING PO
Main Street
SOLAR
WERING PO
WERING PO
Single-Family Low-Density Residential
SOLAR
SOLAR
Multifamily Residential
SOLAR
WERING PO
Farmland
SOLAR
SOLAR
Open Space
WERING PO
Single-Family Medium/High-Density Residential
Single-Family Low-Density Residential
Opportunities: • Rooftops may be good sites for accessory solar systems • Home owners can choose to invest in solar for their properties
Opportunities: • Rooftops are prime locations for accessory solar systems • Large lots may offer space for freestanding solar energy systems • Home owners can choose to invest in solar energy systems for their properties
Challenges: • Home Owners’ Association covenants may restrict solar energy system placement • Home owners may not want to invest in solar energy systems
Main Street Opportunities: • Well-established infrastructure or gaps in the urban fabric (such as parking lots) may offer sites for small solar installations Challenges: • Small lot sizes, high density, and varying building heights may limit feasible locations
Challenges: • Home Owners’ Association covenants may restrict or prohibit solar energy systems • Home owners may not want to invest in solar energy systems
Farmland
Opportunities: • Large amounts of flat, unshaded land • Land has already been altered by humans • Could be good use of marginal farmland Challenges: • Loss of productive farmland might threaten agricultural output or local food systems • May lack grid or transportation infrastructure for solar farms
Open Space
Opportunities: • Large amounts of space for solar farms • No preexisting development Challenges: • No grid or transportation infrastructure for solar farms • Loss of trees, vegetation, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities • Loss of aesthetics, viewsheds
Auto-Oriented Commercial
Mixed Residential
Multifamily Residential
Opportunities: • Flat roofs, large building footprints, and large parking lots offer sites for larger installations • Solar may help corporations gain PR value or meet sustainability goals
Opportunities: • Rooftop sites may be appropriate locations for accessory systems • Home owners can choose to invest in solar energy systems for their properties
Opportunities: • Larger buildings provide more rooftop space for larger accessory solar energy systems • Buildings tend to be taller with less roof shading
Challenges: • Low value of older or obsolete sites may discourage investment in solar • Landlords have little incentive to install solar with tenants paying utility costs
Challenges: • Smaller lots in these areas limit space for freestanding systems • Taller residential buildings (e.g., multistory apartment buildings) may shade rooftops of smaller buildings (e.g., bungalows)
Challenges: • Ownership structure may make it difficult to promote investment • Landlords of rental properties not likely to invest in solar if tenants pay utilities
SOLAR
School
WERING PO
College Campus
WERING PO
WERING PO
Municipal/Institutional Facilities
SOLAR
WERING PO
Vacant Land Ready for Development
SOLAR
SOLAR
WERING PO
Industrial
SOLAR
SOLAR
Brownfields
WERING PO
Municipal/Institutional Facilities
Vacant Land Ready for Development
Industrial
Brownfields
Opportunities: • Flat rooftops and large building footprints offer generous roof space for larger rooftop solar energy systems • Campus grounds may offer space for freestanding solar energy systems • Installing solar may help meet sustainability goals • Can be used as demonstration projects
Opportunities: • Solar development may work as a “temporary” land use until the market can support other development
Opportunities: • Flat roofs, large building footprints, and large parking lots offer sites for larger rooftop installations • Large sites may offer space for freestanding arrays • Less resistance on aesthetic grounds • Preexisting grid and transportation infrastructure for larger systems
Opportunities: • Sites may already be vacant. • Often located in industrial districts appropriate for larger systems • Solar development may work as a “temporary” land use until the market can support other redevelopment
Challenges: • Municipality or institution must be willing and able to invest in solar energy systems
Challenges: • Market uncertainty may reduce developer interest in solar energy installations on these sites • Ordinances may restrict larger solar energy systems on the site
Challenges: • Low value of older or obsolete sites may discourage investment in solar
Challenges: • Legal , title, or contamination issues may reduce project feasibility • Ordinances may restrict larger solar energy systems on the site
College Campus
School
Opportunities: • Flat rooftops and large building footprints offer generous roof space for larger rooftop solar energy systems • Campus grounds may offer space for freestanding solar arrays • Installing solar may help meet sustainability goals for institutions • Can be used as demonstration or educational projects Challenges: • Institution must be willing and able to invest in solar energy systems
Opportunities: • Flat rooftops and large building footprints offer generous roof space for larger rooftop solar energy systems • Large parking lots may be appropriate locations for solar canopies • Can be used as demonstration or educational projects for curriculum Challenges: • School district must be willing and able to invest in solar energy systems
WERING PO
Auto-Oriented Commercial
WERING PO
SOLAR
SOLAR
WERING PO
Single-Family Medium/High-Density Residential
WERING PO
Main Street
SOLAR
WERING PO
WERING PO
Single-Family Low-Density Residential
SOLAR
SOLAR
Multifamily Residential
SOLAR
WERING PO
Farmland
SOLAR
SOLAR
Open Space
WERING PO
Single-Family Medium/High-Density Residential
Single-Family Low-Density Residential
Opportunities: • Rooftops may be good sites for accessory solar systems • Home owners can choose to invest in solar for their properties
Opportunities: • Rooftops are prime locations for accessory solar systems • Large lots may offer space for freestanding solar energy systems • Home owners can choose to invest in solar energy systems for their properties
Challenges: • Home Owners’ Association covenants may restrict solar energy system placement • Home owners may not want to invest in solar energy systems
Main Street Opportunities: • Well-established infrastructure or gaps in the urban fabric (such as parking lots) may offer sites for small solar installations Challenges: • Small lot sizes, high density, and varying building heights may limit feasible locations
Challenges: • Home Owners’ Association covenants may restrict or prohibit solar energy systems • Home owners may not want to invest in solar energy systems
Farmland
Opportunities: • Large amounts of flat, unshaded land • Land has already been altered by humans • Could be good use of marginal farmland Challenges: • Loss of productive farmland might threaten agricultural output or local food systems • May lack grid or transportation infrastructure for solar farms
Open Space
Opportunities: • Large amounts of space for solar farms • No preexisting development Challenges: • No grid or transportation infrastructure for solar farms • Loss of trees, vegetation, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities • Loss of aesthetics, viewsheds
Auto-Oriented Commercial
Mixed Residential
Multifamily Residential
Opportunities: • Flat roofs, large building footprints, and large parking lots offer sites for larger installations • Solar may help corporations gain PR value or meet sustainability goals
Opportunities: • Rooftop sites may be appropriate locations for accessory systems • Home owners can choose to invest in solar energy systems for their properties
Opportunities: • Larger buildings provide more rooftop space for larger accessory solar energy systems • Buildings tend to be taller with less roof shading
Challenges: • Low value of older or obsolete sites may discourage investment in solar • Landlords have little incentive to install solar with tenants paying utility costs
Challenges: • Smaller lots in these areas limit space for freestanding systems • Taller residential buildings (e.g., multistory apartment buildings) may shade rooftops of smaller buildings (e.g., bungalows)
Challenges: • Ownership structure may make it difficult to promote investment • Landlords of rental properties not likely to invest in solar if tenants pay utilities
SOLAR
School
WERING PO
College Campus
WERING PO
WERING PO
Municipal/Institutional Facilities
SOLAR
WERING PO
Vacant Land Ready for Development
SOLAR
SOLAR
WERING PO
Industrial
SOLAR
SOLAR
Brownfields
WERING PO
Municipal/Institutional Facilities
Vacant Land Ready for Development
Industrial
Brownfields
Opportunities: • Flat rooftops and large building footprints offer generous roof space for larger rooftop solar energy systems • Campus grounds may offer space for freestanding solar energy systems • Installing solar may help meet sustainability goals • Can be used as demonstration projects
Opportunities: • Solar development may work as a “temporary” land use until the market can support other development
Opportunities: • Flat roofs, large building footprints, and large parking lots offer sites for larger rooftop installations • Large sites may offer space for freestanding arrays • Less resistance on aesthetic grounds • Preexisting grid and transportation infrastructure for larger systems
Opportunities: • Sites may already be vacant. • Often located in industrial districts appropriate for larger systems • Solar development may work as a “temporary” land use until the market can support other redevelopment
Challenges: • Municipality or institution must be willing and able to invest in solar energy systems
Challenges: • Market uncertainty may reduce developer interest in solar energy installations on these sites • Ordinances may restrict larger solar energy systems on the site
Challenges: • Low value of older or obsolete sites may discourage investment in solar
Challenges: • Legal , title, or contamination issues may reduce project feasibility • Ordinances may restrict larger solar energy systems on the site
College Campus
School
Opportunities: • Flat rooftops and large building footprints offer generous roof space for larger rooftop solar energy systems • Campus grounds may offer space for freestanding solar arrays • Installing solar may help meet sustainability goals for institutions • Can be used as demonstration or educational projects Challenges: • Institution must be willing and able to invest in solar energy systems
Opportunities: • Flat rooftops and large building footprints offer generous roof space for larger rooftop solar energy systems • Large parking lots may be appropriate locations for solar canopies • Can be used as demonstration or educational projects for curriculum Challenges: • School district must be willing and able to invest in solar energy systems
