Also on a side note I don't think Ken was being rude he just didn't sugar coat anything for you.

I am also networking with a historic preservation group in my area and signed up to volunteer with the Land Use Committee in my neighborhood association.I am already a voracious reader and podcast listener so that won't change; however, a personal goal is to scale back my consumption of social media like FB.

They would gladly accept any net power we generate above our consumption, but it would be a poor business decision to install a photovoltaic array for that purpose. 

"go getters" I guess I would call it.. and sugar coat a "training"  that will benefit you.Seriously..

Our rational is as follows:We can command $30 - $50 additional rent for en-suite laundry;It is a differentiator in some of our markets (not have coin-op in student rentals goes a long way);Installing the laundry ourselves ensures it is plumbed correctly with drip/catch pans (plumbed to a floor drain) under the washers;Providing the machines cuts down on the damage to the building of tenants moving machines in-and-out;Using high-efficiency units cuts down on water consumption;appliances are depreciated over 5-years (in Canada).  

Basically, it's sugar and borax... doesn't kill immediately, so they take it back to the nest and feed it to the queen.I have taken out nests that must have had ants numbering in the hundreds of thousands (Argentine ants with linked colonies.

You'll never have a system large enough to offset all of your tenants consumption and even if you did you would have significant issues assessing usage by meter.That being said there are some other ways to deploy solar in a multifamily situation.

The material may or may not be available for public consumption.

Every space heater I've ever seen has a max power consumption of 1500 watts. 

Sugar ants and pavement ants are the ones we most often see at our properties.