Savings Using the Sun - Noosa Sun Motel
Noosa Sun Motel is saving money using the sun. According to Darren Keenan, Manager, “we started with a 10 Kw system in 2016 and then added another 5 Kws about year later. We thought it would take about 5 years to pay off the system, but we were delighted when it paid itself off in just over 2 years. We have also installed solar heating for our pool.”
“The key driver for installing solar was to reduce electricity costs. It made sense to have solar installed to run the air-conditioning and lighting for all the guest rooms.”
“Without any direct control over how guests choose to use air-conditioning and electricity within the accommodation apartments, it made complete sense for the business owners to install a solar system to help reduce electricity costs for the accommodation. I am very happy with the savings and the solar system has already been paid off.”
Darren would also encourage other tourism businesses to look at installing solar, not only for the cost savings using the sun, but also because Noosa is in a Biosphere and an environmentally sensitive area, so it is a great way of reducing our carbon footprint.”
Tourism Noosa Sun Motel is positioned alongside the Noosa River at Noosaville. For over 25 years, Noosa Sun Motel has been providing tourist accommodation and features 15 apartments.
LOCATION
131 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville
DATE INSTALLED
August 2016
SIZE
15 kW
TECHNICAL
Solahart 255W solar panels
SMA Inverter
Watch Darren Keenan talk about the savings threy’ve experienced
ELECTRICITY COST BEFORE SOLAR
$4,000 per quarter
ELECTRICITY COST AFTER SOLAR
$2,000 per quarter
INSTALLATION COST
$17,986
ESTIMATED PAYBACK PERIOD
2.3 years
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction per year: 18.2 tonnes of CO2-e