"Aged care company to cut grid power consumption in half with solar, LED lighting"

Opal’s Macquarie Place aged care home near Newcastle. (One Step Off the Grid)

"Australian company Opal Aged Care is looking to cut its grid electricity consumption almost in half, with a business-wide rollout of rooftop solar and energy efficient lighting.

In a program coordinated by solar and energy efficiency specialist Verdia, Opal will install just over 3.4MW of solar PV and more than 28,000 LED lights at 54 properties across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

The project, which is expected to be completed in early 2019, will cut onsite grid electricity use by about 42 per cent, greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent, and pay for itself in little more than five years......"

Continue reading at: Aged care company to cut grid power consumption in half with solar, LED lighting. One Step off the Grid, December 6, 2018.