Terms we see less often in recent records

Irrigation, soffit work, reclaimed-water connections and solar appear less often in recent parts of the dataset than in earlier records.

This describes matches in the records we hold. It does not establish a decline in the underlying work.

Applicants may describe the same work differently, include it in a broader application or file it through another process. Jurisdictions can also change what they publish.

A falling count needs further investigation before it can support a conclusion about construction activity.

Solar, storage and charging terms describe related installations, but their counts are not interchangeable. One permit may mention several of them.

The records do not establish why a term became less frequent. Use the figures as a starting point for investigation, with the overlap and coverage limits in mind.