SunPeak installs Pennsylvania's biggest roof solar project

• Ashley Furniture Industries devoted to a multi-phase initiative last year to decrease the business's power impact, and finished a 28,776 roof-mounted solar panel system on its Leesport, Pennsylvania advanced production and circulation facility. The range will create more than 9,630,600 kWh of electrical power each year, roughly comparable to the power eaten by 786 average American houses in a year.

According to solar PV installment documents tracked by SEIA, the national profession association for the U.S. solar industry, the project is the largest roof solar energy system in Pennsylvania and ranks amongst the largest business roof solar installments in the nation. The center's existing yearly electrical power usage exceeds 10 million kWh, and also solar is expected to balance out 90% of the facility's electrical power needs.

" The photovoltaic panel project we contend Ashley is simply another instance of Ashley's sustainability efforts for our international industry as well as neighborhood communities," claimed Todd Wanek, head of state and also CEO, of Ashley Furniture Industries. "Besides decreasing our firm's energy footprint, we're additionally able to minimize power costs which, consequently, can be passed along to our consumers."

Ashley partnered with solar developer SunPeak to make and mount the solar systems.

" The project is noteworthy for its range," stated Tim Paap, specialist designer and supervisor of project execution for SunPeak. "It can be hard to understand just how huge the system is when you speak about megawatts of power. The entire system occupies 580,000 sq ft, or over 10 football fields and also creates as much power as 2 engines. As well as it's on the roof of a facility that would or else be unutilized."

In addition to the Leesport center, roof solar systems have actually been constructed and also commissioned on 2 other Ashley distribution and also retail centers in Romeoville, Illinois as well as Lathrop, California. Mobilization has begun on the next 2 facilities in Redlands and also Colton, California.

" We need a great deal of energy to make our items and also it just makes sense to utilize eco-friendly sources," claimed Ron Wanek, owner and also chairman, Ashley Furniture Industries. "This is a long-lasting financial investment, not just for Ashley, but also for our setting. We are taking positive steps as well as wish to see others in our market join us."

Solar power will sustain the business's innovative production and warehousing procedures, which include Internet of Things systems, automation as well as robotics as well as battery-powered industrial vehicles.