{"id":30704,"date":"2026-05-06T16:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/05\/06\/why-arent-industrial-roofs-covered-in-solar-panels\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:47:44","slug":"why-arent-industrial-roofs-covered-in-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/05\/06\/why-arent-industrial-roofs-covered-in-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Aren\u2019t Industrial Roofs Covered in Solar Panels?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UG6gwJAgYb8?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If rooftop solar makes so much economic sense\u2026why don\u2019t we see every warehouse in WA covered in panels?<br \/>That\u2019s exactly the question raised in this clip.<br \/>The conversation explores whether solar mandates in industrial development are driven more by policy than economics, especially in markets where payback can be uncertain.<br \/>Key points discussed:<br \/>\u2022 Why many developers budget to meet code \u2014 and not far beyond it<br \/>\u2022 How rising energy code costs are adding new pressure to development economics<br \/>\u2022 Whether rooftop solar pencils without mandates<br \/>\u2022 And why additional costs matter in a market already facing interest rate, leasing, and construction headwinds<br \/>A thoughtful discussion on where sustainability goals and development realities intersect.<br \/>\ud83c\udfa7 Full episode on the Industrial Advisors Podcast<br \/>#IndustrialRealEstate #SolarEnergy #Sustainability #CommercialRealEstate #IndustrialDevelopment #EnergyPolicy #Infrastructure #EconomicDevelopment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If rooftop solar makes so much economic sense\u2026why don\u2019t we see every warehouse in WA covered in panels?That\u2019s exactly the question raised in this clip.The conversation explores whether solar mandates in industrial development are driven more by policy than economics, especially in markets where payback can be uncertain.Key points discussed:\u2022 Why many developers budget to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":30705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94655,94654,17439,14634],"tags":[94653,94652,17411,14632],"class_list":["post-30704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial-real-estate","category-industrial-real-estate","category-podcast","category-warehouse","tag-commercial-real-estate","tag-industrial-real-estate","tag-podcast","tag-warehouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}