Solar Energy and the Middle Class

16440730_SAt Richard Stewart Painting, we care very deeply about solar energy and power, and since 1983, we’ve been in the business of enhancing homes with cost efficient and energy saving solar panels. By utilizing this technology, you will see a significant decrease in your energy bill. Not just that though, you will also be helping the planet, showing your neighbors that you are part of the solution, not the problem.

Our steadfast belief in solar energy is just one of the reasons why we consider ourselves “a holistic provider of total home improvement, from the doorstep to the backyard patio – and everywhere in between.”

For the longest time, this technology was relegated to the upper echelon of society – people with money, but since 2008, the country as a whole has been experiencing a surge in solar home system installation. This is due in large part to the price of solar panels, which has fallen by 80 percent in recent years.

In this Environmental Defense Fund article, Jorge Madrid writes, “After analyzing installations in Arizona, California, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York, the Center for American Progress found that in all states except Maryland, roof-top solar panels overwhelmingly landed in neighborhoods with a median household income of $40,000 to $90,000.”

This means only one thing: with affordable solar panels, solar energy is sweeping through the middle class, and that makes us smile. While the Center only analyzed stats in six states, one can assume that the same applies for the other states as well. The country is slowly, but surely, becoming a solar energy nation, and it’s about time! For all of your solar panel installation needs, contact us at Richard Stewart Painting!

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