Archive for February, 2023

Philadelphia Navy Yard Redevelopment Includes Gigantic Green Roof
February 8th, 2023

Via GreenRoofs.com, news of a new green roof planned in Philadelphia: In the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, PA there is a new and exciting development occurring in the Navy Ship Yard. The whole area is being revitalized into a new and improved district, with the latest addition known as 2500 League Island Boulevard. According […]

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Solar Energy Opportunities in US Industrial Real Estate
February 2nd, 2023

Via CBRE, a new report examining solar opportunities in US industrial real estate: While annual U.S. commercial solar installations slowed in the past two years due to pandemic-related disruption in the supply chain, the industry is projected to rebound in the coming years. It is estimated that only around 5% of the market for commercial […]

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Chicken, Fries, and Solar Power
February 2nd, 2023

Via Bakersfield’s TurnTo23, a report on a recent decision to install solar panels at a Kentucky Fried Chicken location in Northwest Bakersfield: A local Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food restaurant has updated its drive-through with solar panels. The restaurant, located at the corner of Rosedale Highway and Old Farm Road, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on […]

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About This Blog And Its Author
As potential uses for building and parking lot roofspace continue to grow, unique opportunities to understand and profit from this trend will emerge. Roof Options is committed to tracking the evolving uses of roof estate – spanning solar power, rainwater harvesting, wind power, gardens & farms, “cooling” sites, advertising, apiculture, and telecom transmission platforms – to help unlock the nascent, complex, and expanding roofspace asset class.

Educated at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts - History) and Harvard (Master in Public Policy - International Development), Monty Simus has held a lifelong interest in environmental and conservation issues, primarily as they relate to freshwater scarcity, renewable energy, and national park policy. Working from a water-scarce base in Las Vegas with his wife and son, he is the founder of Water Politics, an organization dedicated to the identification and analysis of geopolitical water issues arising from the world’s growing and vast water deficits, and is also a co-founder of SmartMarkets, an eco-preneurial venture that applies web 2.0 technology and online social networking innovations to motivate energy & water conservation. He previously worked for an independent power producer in Central Asia; co-authored an article appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, titled: “The Water Ethic: The Inexorable Birth Of A Certain Alienable Right”; and authored an article appearing in the inaugural issue of Johns Hopkins University's Global Water Magazine in July 2010 titled: “H2Own: The Water Ethic and an Equitable Market for the Exchange of Individual Water Efficiency Credits.”