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Renewable Energy Planning Services
Renewable energy offers communities and organizations opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, strengthen local economies, and build a more resilient energy future. We believe that thoughtful renewable energy planning begins with understanding local resources, economic opportunities, and community priorities. By evaluating renewable energy potential, identifying practical solutions, and exploring innovative financing approaches, communities can advance clean energy investments that deliver lasting environmental, social, and economic benefits.
As energy systems evolve, communities and organizations have an important role in expanding access to renewable energy. From community-wide renewable energy assessments and site-specific feasibility studies to solar group purchasing, workforce education, and strategic implementation planning, informed approaches can help turn clean energy aspirations into achievable projects and meaningful local benefits.
Discover local renewable resources
Understand your renewable energy potential.
Renewable energy potential studies help communities understand opportunities for local clean energy generation. By assessing available resources, potential installations, and economic benefits, these studies establish a foundation for renewable energy investment and informed community planning.
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Assess local resources
Evaluate renewable energy opportunities across buildings, properties, and community land uses. -
Estimate energy potential
Identify feasible generation capacity and potential contributions to local energy needs. -
Guide investment
Recommend strategies, policies, and priorities to support clean energy development.
Plan for clean energy implementation
Turn renewable energy opportunities into a plan.
Renewable energy master planning brings together energy potential, site-specific feasibility, and economic considerations to guide clean energy investments. By examining practical installation opportunities and project priorities, communities and organizations can develop a coordinated pathway for expanding renewable energy.
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Evaluate feasibility
Assess building and site conditions, solar exposure, potential obstructions, and available installation space. -
Estimate performance
Calculate potential system capacity, energy production, and economically practical installation options. -
Prioritize projects
Develop recommendations and a coordinated roadmap for advancing renewable energy investments.
Expand access to solar energy
Make solar more affordable through collaboration.
Solar group purchasing brings together residents, businesses, and organizations to secure more competitive pricing for solar installations. Through coordinated purchasing, financing options, and community education, these programs can help reduce installation costs while supporting local renewable energy development.
Build professional solar knowledge
Help design professionals embrace solar technology.
Solar training equips architects, engineers, and other design professionals with the knowledge needed to incorporate solar photovoltaic systems into building projects. Through technical education and practical design guidance, participants can strengthen their understanding of solar technology, project opportunities, and implementation considerations.
Prepare buildings for future solar
Make future solar installations easier.
Solar Ready Guidelines help communities and building professionals prepare new and renovated buildings for future solar energy installations. By incorporating solar considerations early in design and construction, buildings can reduce the cost and complexity of adding photovoltaic systems later.
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Plan for future solar
Consider roof configuration, available space, solar exposure, and potential obstructions. -
Reduce installation barriers
Identify electrical, structural, and infrastructure provisions that support future solar systems. -
Guide local development
Establish practical guidelines and resources for architects, builders, and communities.
Advance high-performance buildings
Plan buildings that balance energy use and generation.
Net Zero Energy Guidelines help communities and design professionals create highly efficient buildings that balance annual energy consumption with on-site renewable energy generation. These guidelines provide practical design considerations and strategies for advancing high-performance buildings and local clean energy goals.
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Reduce energy demand
Identify building design and efficiency strategies that minimize annual energy consumption. -
Integrate renewable energy
Evaluate on-site generation opportunities that can balance remaining energy needs. -
Support implementation
Develop community-specific guidance for builders, designers, and property owners.
Explore solar and energy scenarios
Make preliminary solar planning easier.
The paleBLUEdot Solar and Energy Calculator helps building owners and designers explore the relationship between building energy consumption and on-site solar energy generation. This planning tool supports preliminary evaluations of solar potential, energy efficiency targets, and Net Zero Energy design opportunities.
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Estimate solar potential
Calculate preliminary rooftop and ground-mounted photovoltaic generation opportunities. -
Evaluate energy targets
Explore building Energy Use Intensity targets based on available solar generation. -
Compare design scenarios
Estimate solar capacity requirements and energy performance targets for Net Zero Energy planning.
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Renewable energy planning services can be tailored to your community, organization, goals, and available resources.
Let's power a cleaner energy future together!
Explore how our renewable energy planning services can help your community identify opportunities and bring clean energy projects to life.