Charity begins with solarPV
Eco2Solar has donated its time for free to install two solarPV systems at Birmingham-based charity Northfield Ecocentre, which is well known for its work in the community to promote practical ways to protect the environment. The installation will be used as an educational resource in the community to show residents how they can use solar technology to reduce their carbon footprint and work together to protect the environment. The project involved the installation of one pitched-room and one flat-roof solar systems.
The panels for the pitched roof were donated by builders merchant E. H. Smith. Eco2Solar also installed the flat-roof system.
The installation will be used as an educational resource to show residents how they can use solar technology to reduce their carbon footprint and work together to protect the environment.
Both systems are expected to produce over 1923 kWh of electricity each year. The electricity will be used on site to help the centre reduce carbon emissions and reduce energy costs. The money saved will be invested in the many community projects run by the centre, including Northfield’s Orchards, which aims to plant 1400 trees by spring 2013.
Georgia Stokes, manager of the Northfield Ecocentre, says, ‘The Ecocentre is working towards becoming a zero-carbon organisation. By creating our own renewable energy using solar panels, we can now actually demonstrate our own savings at first hand at our centre.’
