(The Philippine Star) | Updated August 27, 2017 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines -
Retail giant SM Supermalls continues its partnership with Solar Philippines as
it puts up more solar rooftops in its malls to end 2017 with 8.9 megawatts (MW)
total capacity.
This month, SM
Supermalls completed solar panel projects in three malls —SM City Cauayan, SM
City Cabanatuan and SM City Iloilo.
It will launch five
more solar-powered malls — SM City Trece Martires, SM Seaside City Cebu, SM
City Dasmarinas, SM City Olongapo and the upcoming SM City Tuguegarao Downtown—this
year.
The mall operator said
it will have approximately 33,000 solar panels capable of producing 8.9 MW of
electricity by the end of this phase.
This is enough to fully
charge around 1.3 million cellphones, light up 890,000 10-watt LED lamps, run
297,000 30-watt electric fans, or provide power to almost 6,000 households.
The rooftop format not
only utilizes previously unused space, but also provides “green” roofs for the
malls.
The retail giant aims
to lead the private sector in clean energy use in the country with Solar
Philippines, which is now the largest developer of solar rooftop power plants
in Southeast Asia.
“As SM Supermalls
aspires to be exemplary for commercial and industrial establishments, this
latest milestone on green energy projects reaffirms SM Prime’s commitment to
its role as a catalyst for economic growth, delivering innovative and
sustainable lifestyle cities that enrich the quality of life of millions,” the
company said.
The retail giant first
launched its first solar rooftop project in 2014 at SM City North Edsa, the
first solar-powered mall in the Philippines.
“SM Prime has always
been committed to reduce greenhouse emissions and maximize energy efficiency in
our malls. This is just one of the many renewable projects we have been doing
and we will continue with finding ways on how to make our operations more
environmentally sound and sustainable,” SM Prime Holdings executive committee
chairman Hans Sy said.
SM Mall of Asia
followed two years later with the inauguration of a solar-powered facility
twice the capacity of the former’s rooftop installation.
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