The overall goal of this project was to develop recommendations and resources the Town of Nantucket in collaboration with the Nantucket Preservation Trust may use to encourage and assist in the permitting of solar technologies without compromising the island's historic and architectural character. We evaluated the guidelines in Nantucket and other historic districts, surveyed public opinion, and interviewed officials, solar installers, and homeowners with solar installations. We found strong support for the increased use of solar technology as well as strong support for the maintenance of Nantucket’s historic fabric. We recommended ways to improve the public information, outreach, and solar technology application process to achieve these competing demands, including the use of a new online map of solar installations that we designed to be easier to use and manage.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Mills, Shawn
• Raposa, Morgan
• Miller, Kacie
• Twombly, Benjamin

Subject

• Energy
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 82846
• E-project-121422-121840

Keyword

• Historic District
• Solar Panels

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Bursten, Bruce

Year

• 2022

Sponsor

• Mary Bergman, Nantucket Preservation Trust
• Lauren Sinatra, Town of Nantucket Energy Office
• Holly Backus, Town of Nantucket Planning Office

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-12-14

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121422-121840

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-06