Organics With a Side Of Sustainable Energy
Located within Noosa’s industrial precinct, Belmondos Organic Market is an award-winning marketplace specialising in organic food and wellness. This commercial landlord has a multi-tenanted space, which is home to nine businesses involved with food production and retail and includes a butcher, bakery, cafe and commercial kitchen.
Before making the decision to install one of the largest solar systems in Noosa and the largest in Noosa’s industrial precinct, Belmondos conducted almost 12 months of research. To ensure maximum energy efficiency, the 100kW solar system was installed in conjunction with an LED lighting upgrade and power factor correction technology. Power factor refers to efficiency of electricity use within a site. At Belmondos, a Sinexel Static VAR PFC unit was installed and works on a constant correction.
KEY DRIVER FOR INSTALLING SOLAR
The owners of Belmondos Organic Market were driven to power their business space with clean, renewable energy in keeping with the overall philosophy of their business ‘world of wellness’.
BUSINESS
Belmondos Organic Market
BUSINESS TYPE
Retail and Food Production
LOCATION
59 Rene Street, Noosaville
WEBSITE
https://www.facebook.com/BelmondosFreshFoodMarket/
DATE INSTALLED
December 2016
SIZE
100 kW
TECHNICAL
QCells Q Pro 4 265W solar panels
4 x Fronius Eco 25KW inverters
Sinexel Static VAR Power Factor Correction
COST SAVINGS
33% reduction in monthly electricity costs
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction per year: 121 tonnes of CO2-e