Wayland Town Crier 2/14/13: Wayland’s next Earth Day to spotlight green houses. Since Oct. 31, 2012, the Lees have 28 operational solar panels on their roof, generating an estimated 7,412 kilowatt hours per year. Last summer they signed up with the Solarize program, a joint project with Lincoln and Sudbury, which allowed them to participate in a growing renewable energy future in an economically advantageous way. They invested about $10,000 and expect a cash payback period of approximately four years. In addition to the practical advantages, they are excited to be on the cutting edge of solar power, and point out they can even track their collection rate online.

Wayland Patch 12/10/12: Wayland, a Solar Leader. Solarize Success in Context. The final numbers are in for the 2012 edition of Solarize Massachusetts Program for small residential and commercial solar PV, which generate electricity from the sun’s energy. Wayland, Sudbury and Lincoln together added 137 systems totaling 1281 kW. Wayland by itself added 74 systems, totaling 659.1 kW.

Wayland Patch 11/15/12: Solarize Mass Program Achieves Megawatt-Plus Capacity in Wayland Area. The lights have gone out on the Solarize Massachusetts program for this year,…

Wayland Patch 9/11/12: An Online Tour Through a Solar Home. The first Solar Tour in the Solarize Lincoln-Sudbury-Wayland program, last week Saturday, was a hit. Around 30 people came to the Wolozin-Morrison house in Sudbury to get a closer look at a solar system that was installed by Astrum Solar in May (before the Solarize program kicked in) and has been running for three months now.

Worcester Business Journal 8/12/12: Program Brings Sunny Summer To Solar Installers: Winning Contractors Enjoy A Boost. Kim and Mark Reichelt spent years weighing the cost of a solar panel installation at their Wayland home against the energy savings and reduced carbon footprint they’d achieve by harnessing power from the sun instead of the electric grid.
The rewards sounded appealing but the installation wasn’t going to be cheap.

Wayland Town Crier 7/5/12: Local Solarize Massachusetts program growing rapidly. The Solarize Massachusetts program is going apace in Wayland, Lincoln and Sudbury. On June 2,…

On April 12, representatives of Wayland, Lincoln and Sudbury joined 14 other communities in the Hopkinton Town Hall to learn of their selection for the…