**How Solar Companies Are Making a Difference in Health and Energy Savings**
In recent years, the solar industry has exploded with innovative solutions and new approaches to energy savings. But what if these renewable energy efforts extended beyond lowering your carbon footprint to directly improving your health and financial well-being? That’s exactly what an inspiring program in Boston, Massachusetts, is doing by connecting low-income patients with solar energy.
It’s clear that solar panels for your home are an excellent investment for lowering energy bills, but this new initiative shows how solar can also play a role in broader social and economic impact.
### Solar Energy as a Prescription for Recovery
A forward-thinking program, aptly called the “Clean Power Prescription,” is breaking barriers by using renewable energy to help families experiencing energy insecurity. The program enables healthcare providers to literally prescribe solar energy to patients struggling to pay their electricity bills. This initiative aims to ease the burden of high utility costs during recovery, improving both health and financial outcomes.
By leveraging a 365 kW solar array for home energy credits, this program offers patients significant monthly savings on their energy bills. For the pilot group of 80 households, families are saving approximately $600 annually, which represents around 30% of the typical energy cost for Boston
Original Article: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/12/10/boston-doctors-prescribe-solar-energy/
