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Community-Owned Renewable on Public Buildings

Created by Matt0 launches8 steps~120h estimated

About this blueprint

What you'll set up.

Develop a citizen-financed solar installation on a school, gym or civic roof, with the municipality as host.

The plan

Step 1 of 8~12h

Win support from the municipality for hosting citizen-financed solar on a public roof.

Partnership DevelopmentPublic speaking

Step 2 of 8~12h

Technically assess candidate roofs for structure, orientation and grid connection.

Energy EngineeringBuilding & Retrofit

Step 3 of 8~15h

Model costs, generation, tariffs and citizen-investor returns over 20-25 years.

Finance & InvestmentData analysis

Step 4 of 8~20h

Create the cooperative/company and the roof-lease and power-purchase agreements with the municipality.

LegalNegotiation

Step 5 of 8~20h

Run a community share offer with clear prospectus and subscription process.

FundraisingFinance & InvestmentMarketing

Step 6 of 8~25h

Tender, contract and supervise the installation through to commissioning.

Project managementEnergy Engineering

Step 7 of 8~6h

Celebrate the switch-on publicly to build appetite for the next roof.

Event PlanningPublic speaking

Step 8 of 8~10h

Run monitoring, maintenance, insurance and annual investor reporting.

AccountingInsurance Knowledge