Insights, updates, and resources for navigating the built environment
Hardware costs collapsed. The regulatory work didn't.
• 6 min read
Hardware costs collapsed. The regulatory work didn't — and it's now the most stubborn cost in a commercial solar project. An anatomy of where that time goes and what it's worth.
• 6 min read
State policy, utility tariffs, and local ordinances in Pennsylvania are pushing data centers to bring their own power. That is creating a support-driven opportunity for solar, BESS, and clean firm generation.
• 12 min read
How California's local battery storage fights made the fleet bigger and safer. Five years of moratoria, AB 205 opt-in certifications, and the ordinances that followed.
• 8 min read
We pulled 2025/26 and 2026/27 residential solar and storage permit fees for nine California jurisdictions. The headline finding: the $450 statutory cap is behaving like a price rather than a ceiling.
• 4 min read
Focus is a startup's ace. Fordje is going all in on clean energy — the industry we come from and the problem we've lived over and over.
• 4 min read
Quickly scan regulatory requirements across cities — within a region or across the U.S. — so you know where you can expand with confidence.
• 35 min read
A comprehensive analysis of recent building code changes and their impact on local ordinances across nine cities in three states. Essential reading for clean tech installers and residential homebuilders navigating the 2024 International Codes.
