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A big challenge is converting Worcester's residential and commercial buildings from fossil fuel heating and cooling systems to full electrification.
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A big challenge is converting Worcester's residential and commercial buildings from fossil fuel heating and cooling systems to full electrification.
Worcester City Committee has turned down a second request to City Hall to implement a plan to balance the needs of homes and businesses with rooftop solar panels with the planting of trees on public routes.
Concern in New England's second-largest city about street trees blocking solar panels ability to generate electricity.
A Worcester homeowner could be a test case of a challenge facing Worcester - how to balance public street trees and rooftop solar projects.
Like many East Coast cities, Worcester has "heat islands" in its Vernon Hill, Kelley Square and Chandler Street neighborhoods. It's getting worse.