Mandatory installation of solar panels Kawasaki City to enforce in April 2025
Applicable to new single-family homes
The Kawasaki City Environment Council (Chairman: Satoru Sadohara, Vice President of Yokohama National University) announced on the 1st that the installation of solar panels on new buildings, including single-family homes, will become mandatory in principle, with the aim of realizing a decarbonized society. I made a report to Mayor Norihiko Fukuda on the construction of a new system. The city plans to implement the mandatory installation in April 2025. Considering the city's large population and about 80% of new and expanded buildings being single-family homes, we aim to get citizens involved in the popularization of solar power generation, which is easy to introduce even in urban areas, and to promote local production and local consumption of energy. (Koko Hojo)
According to the report, at the time of new construction of small and medium-sized buildings with a total floor area of less than 2,000 square meters, including detached houses, about 30 housing manufacturers with an annual total supply area of 5,000 square meters or more in the city will be required to install solar panels. Require installation.
In response to the report, the city will revise the city's global warming countermeasures promotion ordinance at the end of this year and incorporate the establishment of the system. The obligatory installation of solar panels, including in detached houses, is expected to come into force in April 2013, taking into consideration the period of time for public awareness. The Tokyo metropolitan government is also aiming to institutionalize the system for detached houses at the same time.
However, according to the city's decarbonization strategy promotion office, in the case of a detached house, the installation of solar panels will increase construction costs by approximately one million yen. At a regular press conference after the report, Mayor Fukuda said, ``There are opinions that the installation cost will eventually be recovered from the electricity bill, and it's better to install it. showed that.
In addition, the policy is to consider cases where the building owner does not want to install it, or where it is difficult to install due to the shape of the land. After setting the standard indicating the percentage of buildings that can be installed, the quota to be imposed on each manufacturer is calculated. According to the city, it is not considering penalties for manufacturers if they do not meet their quotas.
Building owners will be obliged to install renewable energy facilities for large-scale office buildings of 2,000 square meters or more and new condominium extensions.
The report also included requesting the architect to explain to the building owner the solar panel equipment that can be installed in the requested building. A city official said, "We want manufacturers who are not subject to the mandatory installation to promote the introduction of solar panels."
The city will publish an administrative plan by the end of this month and solicit public comments in order to revise the ordinance. Regarding the accountability of architects, we aim to start in 2012, ahead of the obligation to install.
