{"id":132,"date":"2015-12-16T09:50:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/?p=132"},"modified":"2015-12-22T14:52:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:52:55","slug":"study-home-values-rise-with-installation-of-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/study-home-values-rise-with-installation-of-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Home values rise with installation of solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study and report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that the presence of solar panels added value to homes.<\/p>\n<p>The Berkeley Lab engaged a team of seven appraisers across six states &#8212; California, Oregon, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania &#8212; to examine any effect that the presence of photovoltaics (PV) might have on home prices.<\/p>\n<p>The results brought forth strong, appraisal-based evidence of premiums being paid in all states on homes with solar panels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Appraisers across 6 states find home buyers will pay premium for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/solar?src=hash\">#solar<\/a> homes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i4mCekrgOj\">https:\/\/t.co\/i4mCekrgOj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/solarpower?src=hash\">#solarpower<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hVYZdFpuCJ\">pic.twitter.com\/hVYZdFpuCJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Berkeley Lab (@BerkeleyLab) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerkeleyLab\/status\/667372278045261825\">November 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rooftop solar adds value to U.S. homes<\/h2>\n<p>According to the Berkeley Lab, previous studies had shown that PV systems add home value, but few included the use of real estate appraisers and standard appraisal methods. <\/p>\n<p>This appraiser-backed study confirmed the results of other large-scale statistical analyses by concluding that the existence of solar panels adds value to homes in a variety of markets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-installation-costs-are-still-falling\/\" title=\"Solar installation costs are still falling\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/solar-panel-installation_7t5j2k8y-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Solar installation costs are still falling\" alt=\"Solar installation costs are still falling\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-installation-costs-are-still-falling\/\" title=\"Solar installation costs are still falling\"><h4>Solar installation costs are still falling<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-installation-costs-are-still-falling\/\" title=\"Solar installation costs are still falling\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Higher home prices, lower solar costs<\/h2>\n<p>This pricing discovery is good news for homeowners, as <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-energy-pricing-at-an-all-time-low\/\" title=\"solar energy pricing is at an all-time low\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>solar energy pricing is at an all-time low<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-installation-costs-are-still-falling\/\" title=\"solar installation costs are still falling\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>solar installation costs are still falling<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Berkeley Lab is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through its Office of Science.<\/em><\/p>\n<span class=\"source-attribution\">Source &rarr; <a href=\"http:\/\/newscenter.lbl.gov\/2015\/11\/12\/premium-for-solar-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Berkeley Lab<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study and report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that the presence of solar panels added value to homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,5,7,6],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar","tag-home-values","tag-residential-solar","tag-solar-panels","tag-solar-power"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}