Solar Electrical Systems of Westlake Village, Calif., installed a solar electrical system on the Irvine Inn, an apartment building in Southern California’s Orange County. According to Solar Electric it is the state’s first affordable housing project to go solar under the California Solar Initiative’s Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing program, better known as MASH. Rebates and tax incentives offset 82 percent of the cost, with the $585,000 project costing less than $105,000 out-of-pocket. Read more about it here.

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- Mac Ackers