The Client: Kimpton Limited
Service: Solar PV Expansion
Project Value: £35,000
Project Completion: may 2023
Kimpton were early adopters of Solar PV technology, having had an array fitted back in 2012. When it was first fitted, it covered an area of 65m2 of roof space was fitted with 10kWpk of Solar PV Panels which have an estimated payback of 7 years.
When you are undertaking a Solar PV system, it makes sense to look at consumption first, to ensure you reduce the demand for electricity, before you increase the supply. In the case of the Kimpton head offices, it entailed the installation of LED lighting throughout the building along with PIR control of the lighting in open plan offices, corridors, kitchen areas and WC’s.
The system specified was a 32kWp system that was designed to produce around 26,670 kWh per year from it’s 89.8 sq metre of panels. In this case it was made up of 46 panels. It would also reduce Co2 emissions per year by over 5 tonnes.
You can see that here.
You can see how this was designed to fit on the roof and extract the maximum level of Solar energy to feed into the system here.
There were a few challenges here as the new system was being fitted to sit alongside the old, which you can see here. It’s interesting that despite already being 11 years old when the new one was fitted, it is still working well and delivering a very useful amount of power.
The finished job was delivered and fully commissioned in time for the spring uplift in power as the sun begins to shine more strongly through the spring and summer months.
The best time to fit Solar PV is always now however as even on dull days, the system does do some of the heavy lifting for your power consumption of your office or workshop.
Here is the finished job which does show a hint of how good the view is across the river from up there.
With the zoom on and a slight change of direction the view is even better.
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