SM Supermalls and solar power provider Green Heat have switched on the 1.3-megawatt (MW) solar rooftop system of the SM City Bacoor, the eleventh solar-powered SM mall since 2013.
Green Heat installed 3,114 solar panels on 6,230 square meters of rooftop space of the Bacoor mall, which can generate a monthly average of 128,000 kilowatt hours of electricity.
Producing a daily average of 1.13 MW of power, the solar rooftop system can save the SM City Bacoor an estimated P10.3 million in electricity cost each year.
The mall will also help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 8,493 metric tons in its first year.
Opened in 1997 with a gross floor area of 120,202 square meters, SM City Bacoor was the first SM mall in Luzon outside of Metro Manila and the first of six SM malls to operate in the province of Cavite.
As SM malls continue to hold regular operations during the pandemic, solar power is a welcome addition to its sustainability effort to use clean and affordable energy.
“We are eager to work with companies that want to make a lasting impact on the environment by turning to sustainable energy sources,” Green Heat Director Glenn Tong said on the company’s partnership with SM City Bacoor.
Since 2009, Green Heat has installed a total of 14 megawatt-peak solar power rooftops that continue to provide an aggregate of 228 gigawatt hours.
Each rooftop provides a savings return of between 30 percent and 40 percent.
These installations have helped reduce about 1,139 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which can be the equivalent of planting 1,140 virtual trees.
“We guarantee that our partners get top quality systems that will perform for many years as our history of successful projects with prominent establishments speaks for itself,” Tong added.
A trusted solar power provider for over 10 years now, Green Heat has installed high-quality solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on more than 120,000 square meters of rooftop space, including the largest roof-mounted solar PV installation in the country at the Asian Development Bank’s headquarters in Mandaluyong City.
Green Heat installed the country’s first solar PV system for a school at the Manuel L. Quezon University and a government office at the Procurement Service-Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System of the Department of Budget and Management, both located in Manila.
The company has also installed the solar rooftops of Asia Brewery, Inc., the Meralco PV Centre, and a number of private schools, including St. Paul College Parañaque and St. Scholastica’s Academy-Marikina.
