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Ivar Mjåland Eiendom has made the building in Stemmane 6 energy-positive with its new solar system. “An important contribution in our sustainability work,” says Mjåland.
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“We had room for 1244 solar panels. They produce electricity equivalent to the consumption of 33 households, without making new interventions in nature,” says Ivar Mjåland about the new installation on the roof of Stemmane 6.
The Kristiansands-based real estate company Ivar Mjåland Eiendom AS owns and manages a number of commercial properties in Sørlandet. Sustainability is high on the agenda at the property operator, which has made several initiatives to improve the green profile of buildings. Now the largest photovoltaic plant in their portfolio has been completed.
The plant in Sørlandsparken in Kristiansand can produce 500,000 kWh a year, which means that the building produces more than it consumes and thus becomes energy positive. It provides an estimated CO2 savings of 220,000 kg of CO2 a year.
“We are strategically focused on sustainability. As a property developer, making buildings greener is the most important thing you can do in terms of sustainability. Solar cells are an important contribution,” says Mjåland.
More and more building owners are doing the same as Mjåland. Rikard af Ekenstam, chief commercial officer of Sunday Power, which has supplied the solar installation, says there are several forces pulling in the same direction.
“Green buildings with solar cells will become the standard of the future. It is beneficial for building owners and tenants, as it generates income from the roof and delivers green energy at an attractive price. In addition, it reduces the carbon footprint, which is essential to help achieve the UN climate goals. Also, banks want to finance green activity. This is a real win-win situation for all parties involved, while at the same time building a new growth industry in Norway,” he says.
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The tenant in the building, Norgesdek, is also satisfied with the solar system. “Norgesdek is an environmental lighthouse certified company, and we are very positive about being able to use solar power in our store. And then it's fun to think that it's produced right over our heads,” says Asle Hobbesland, head of department at Norgesdek Kristiansand.
The conditions are well suited to produce solar energy on the building.
“Kristiansand is located in Norgestoppen in the number of hours of sunshine a year, so here the conditions are really right for producing green, short-stay electricity, year after year,” says Tore Nielsen, CEO of Ivar Mjåland Eiendom.
He says that they have also chosen the monitoring tool SundayOS, which allows any errors to be uncovered as quickly as possible, so you avoid losing valuable solar power due to downtime.
Ivar Mjåland Eiendom and Sunday Power are now looking at several projects together. “It's a shame to let the sunshine days go to waste,” concludes Mjåland.
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