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Good to see such customer care in action. Seen some poor commercial jobs over the last few years. One thing, putting my commercial property hat on as a Chartered Surveyor, if the building is leased, I'd check if it can be done under the terms of the lease. If it can't, the landlord at the end of the lease could make you remove the installed equipment. Seek friendly profession advice from either a local commercial surveyor or a building surveyor who specialises in dilapidations.
There are lots of challenges with commercial solar on these types of buildings. You need a roof condition survey. That is not a drone looking at a roof. That can not tell things like the condition of screws and lap end seals and fillers etc. You need to do a full structural frame assessment. There are lots of frames out there that can not take the load. The only way to tell is a full calculation. I have seen Structural engineers reports saying it should be fine when the Frame assessment to the BS has the roof failing with weight. If all that works then you need careful planning of the panels. Making sure there is sufficient clear space around the roof lights for an operative to work on the roof around the roof light. Ideally avoid going over sheet laps where future maintenance may be required. The other challenge with these issues is roof damage with maintenance of the systems. insurers are now beginning to ask for maintenance records. So annual inspections and testing/cleaning but foot traffic on the roof can cause sheet damage. I have seen this on numerous buildings.
10 years ago I did a bit of consultancy work for a renewables company who were getting into solar PV. They fitted the first few 20 & 50Kwh systems. I noticed recently that all those original customers are now running well over 200kwh, having added to their original systems. It’s obvious they’ve seen the benefits
Great use of the drone, It's amazing how useful drone footage is, I had an issue with my roof (rented accommodation) I sent my drone up (DJI Mini 2) took photo's and showed the landlords maintenance team, I told them I would send the drone AFTER the repair and check, they were quite shocked, called the landlord, I think he told them to repair, rather than 'gloss over' the problem!
An important and overlooked factor is that we are in an assymmetric start of a transition: electricity generation is ahead of our rise in consumption: BEV's, cooling, heathing, ... Once the real electrification wave of transport has started, nobody will ask whether having periods of cheap solar power is a bad thing. For now, it depends on your consumption vs generation ratio.
Surely scissor lifts is the way forward here not ladders and scaffold. A long reach cherry picker could even position packs of panels in suitable locations
Commercial installs...you have to be careful of. Loading issues...can the roof take the weight? Sky lights....can they be worked around safely? There is a skylight retro fit frame with chainlink that can be fitted for fall arest that covers the sky light without blocking the light. Cleaning the panels...good old pigeon and sea gull poop!! Is there a man safe system on the roof for this? Not to mention the reams of H&S before, during and after the install. RAMS...you gotta love them😂
Why the click bait style headline? At the end of the video you say it’s around a six year payback time. Perhaps the headline should read ‘Put solar on your factory and save loads of money!’ This tactic doesn’t help the energy transition it just puts doubt in people’s minds
The Uk sits in a precarious situation where we have huge demand for energy when the sun doesn’t shine. For that reason solar pv is a huge challenge whether it be commercial or domestic. It has its place in providing some energy but not all the energy that is needed and the cost of installation and servicing of it may not make it viable at all.
Nice video chap, issue I’m having with a rented system is the owner (a fund) cannot be an energy provider so needs a third party to take that on which erodes the savings. Thankfully our driver is carbon savings more than financial but even then there is a debate about who earns the carbon credits.
Ok admittedly I skipped through a bunch of the video as it was a case of yada yada yada (for me). BUT Last I checked, admittedly not recently, energy efficiency infrastructure spending was 100% tax write off in year 1 (this may have changed). So the additional savings in Company Taxes on TOP of the energy savings will almost certainly be worth it. Pretty sure there are also cheap rate carbon loans depending where your located to assist business in reducing energy consumption. Which will definitely be better than looking at commercial finance schemes. Adding some batteries to the system will almost certainly assist them in balancing the 3 phases and reducing the phase cost aspect of energy. Usual issue is that companies tend to lease buildings rather than own them and the freeholder has zero interest in assisting the leaseholder in reducing energy (currently as there is no requirement for the freeholders to make savings).
I do hope you have thought this one through. Lengthy g99 application. They will dictate how much you can have . Probably will involve a g99 protection relay that you have no experience of . Those skylights need meshing over and the roof needs mansafe and permanent perimeter scaffold for maintenance. You are fussing over 29kw of ev charging . Far bigger problems on a job of this size
Covid was the convenient excuse to rip everyone off. I'm not saying there were not genuine supply and cost issues, but electricity companies are price gouging. Before writing off a board as being full, it's best to remove the covers and visually inspect. In my experience, sometimes MCB's are left in the on position but have no cables connected to them. Some circuits might be deleted or unused and may provide a spare way or two. Crammed full boards are so common though. I would always leave about a 3rd as expansion space. I'm out of the industry at the moment, but most of my experience was offshore, but I remember a few years of absolutely manic council rewires on price work in London. It paid well, but it was flat out from morning to evening. My labourer was a Russian speaker and he worked like a slave, but his English was not good. I started to learn Russian just to make things easier. Even though we were under a lot of pressure, we had a lot of fun too. I miss the game sometimes. I've never done any solar installs, but am thinking of a large system for our house. I've been skeptical about this whole "green" movement and the man made climate story, but I remain a strong believer in efficiency and cheap renewable power. Not that it's renewable, but I'm a fan of nuclear power. Especially the 4th gen safer technology. Whatever method we gain power, the absolute bottom line is that we need more, and the more decentralised, the better. Energy security is really important. I also like the fact that Solar has become more efficient and there are more creative ways to use it. I have some battery concerns and their risk of fire and explosion. I like the idea of mechanical batteries or sand batteries. Great content as usual. Loving your channel.
Jeezus wept. There are still people out there who think that climate change isn’t real. Just look at the news, look at pictures of glaciers, study a bit of science… just wake up!
Ever since Green energy appeared my bills have done nothing but rise can't remember needing a price cap when we burned coal. You'd think after £35 billion worth of wind turbines energy prices would at least be stable.
Why would they lower prices? The price gouging and greedflation will persist no matter how you get your energy. Any change is just an excuse to raise that bill. Even when oil shipments hadn't affected their overhead yet during covid they raised prices. This has almost nothing to do with green energy. Edit: Well if where you are doesn't have green energy then the utility company could be making you pay for their decreased profits because with more green energy some plants will be cycled down more often and anyone still getting their energy the old way is basically going to make their customers pay for the reduction in market share.
Electricity prices are so high because they are based upon the cost of gas generation, if they were based upon the cost of onshore wind they would be a fraction of the price. Incidentally, if fossil fuel companies were forced to pay for the damage their carbon output is causing the planet, the cost of fossil fuel generation would be far greater.
We needed the price cap to stop the power companies cheating the customers that do not switch supplier rabidly. Which is almost everyone. Same old story in many sectors that can do it. Insurance banking etc. Cheat the loyal customer. The cap is there to stop them overcharging one group and subsidising the switchers so they can make out 'well we had cheaper sleazy 'deals' you should have found them'. Knowing full well almost everyone is not up to the manic chopping and changing. Of course this led to the raft of 'new' suppliers going broke all at once when they only had the switchers as customers and little leeway.
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Thanks to the Artisan Team for coming round and scoping out our site and showing the benefits of solar - was great to meet you guys!
You’re welcome, thanks for having us! 😁👍
Good to see such customer care in action. Seen some poor commercial jobs over the last few years. One thing, putting my commercial property hat on as a Chartered Surveyor, if the building is leased, I'd check if it can be done under the terms of the lease. If it can't, the landlord at the end of the lease could make you remove the installed equipment. Seek friendly profession advice from either a local commercial surveyor or a building surveyor who specialises in dilapidations.
There are lots of challenges with commercial solar on these types of buildings. You need a roof condition survey. That is not a drone looking at a roof. That can not tell things like the condition of screws and lap end seals and fillers etc. You need to do a full structural frame assessment. There are lots of frames out there that can not take the load. The only way to tell is a full calculation. I have seen Structural engineers reports saying it should be fine when the Frame assessment to the BS has the roof failing with weight. If all that works then you need careful planning of the panels. Making sure there is sufficient clear space around the roof lights for an operative to work on the roof around the roof light. Ideally avoid going over sheet laps where future maintenance may be required. The other challenge with these issues is roof damage with maintenance of the systems. insurers are now beginning to ask for maintenance records. So annual inspections and testing/cleaning but foot traffic on the roof can cause sheet damage. I have seen this on numerous buildings.
i remember my electric bill going up more than 200%
Ouch 😫
10 years ago I did a bit of consultancy work for a renewables company who were getting into solar PV. They fitted the first few 20 & 50Kwh systems.
I noticed recently that all those original customers are now running well over 200kwh, having added to their original systems.
It’s obvious they’ve seen the benefits
Great use of the drone, It's amazing how useful drone footage is, I had an issue with my roof (rented accommodation) I sent my drone up (DJI Mini 2) took photo's and showed the landlords maintenance team, I told them I would send the drone AFTER the repair and check, they were quite shocked, called the landlord, I think he told them to repair, rather than 'gloss over' the problem!
An important and overlooked factor is that we are in an assymmetric start of a transition: electricity generation is ahead of our rise in consumption: BEV's, cooling, heathing, ... Once the real electrification wave of transport has started, nobody will ask whether having periods of cheap solar power is a bad thing. For now, it depends on your consumption vs generation ratio.
Surely scissor lifts is the way forward here not ladders and scaffold. A long reach cherry picker could even position packs of panels in suitable locations
Was thinking the same thing.
Nice project.
Commercial installs...you have to be careful of. Loading issues...can the roof take the weight? Sky lights....can they be worked around safely? There is a skylight retro fit frame with chainlink that can be fitted for fall arest that covers the sky light without blocking the light. Cleaning the panels...good old pigeon and sea gull poop!! Is there a man safe system on the roof for this? Not to mention the reams of H&S before, during and after the install. RAMS...you gotta love them😂
Why the click bait style headline?
At the end of the video you say it’s around a six year payback time.
Perhaps the headline should read ‘Put solar on your factory and save loads of money!’
This tactic doesn’t help the energy transition it just puts doubt in people’s minds
Battery storage and peak shaving can add a huge amount to commercial solar installs
The Uk sits in a precarious situation where we have huge demand for energy when the sun doesn’t shine. For that reason solar pv is a huge challenge whether it be commercial or domestic. It has its place in providing some energy but not all the energy that is needed and the cost of installation and servicing of it may not make it viable at all.
class video can you give me advice on good domestics install with battery system 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
A six year payback is great, but this will also shield them against another price shock like they experienced at the end of the pandemic.
I find it a little strange that every technical area is just a few meters from paint and flammable material, aren't there fire safety regulations?
Nice video chap, issue I’m having with a rented system is the owner (a fund) cannot be an energy provider so needs a third party to take that on which erodes the savings. Thankfully our driver is carbon savings more than financial but even then there is a debate about who earns the carbon credits.
Do you factor in future maintenance costs at point of sale?
Ok admittedly I skipped through a bunch of the video as it was a case of yada yada yada (for me).
BUT
Last I checked, admittedly not recently, energy efficiency infrastructure spending was 100% tax write off in year 1 (this may have changed). So the additional savings in Company Taxes on TOP of the energy savings will almost certainly be worth it.
Pretty sure there are also cheap rate carbon loans depending where your located to assist business in reducing energy consumption. Which will definitely be better than looking at commercial finance schemes.
Adding some batteries to the system will almost certainly assist them in balancing the 3 phases and reducing the phase cost aspect of energy.
Usual issue is that companies tend to lease buildings rather than own them and the freeholder has zero interest in assisting the leaseholder in reducing energy (currently as there is no requirement for the freeholders to make savings).
Waste of time running the charge points on excess solar.
The reps will object to slow or no charging.
They will have to work at full capacity.
For commercial, would battery storage and back up power supply important to them? Is there a backup that could maintain the machinery they are using?
I do hope you have thought this one through. Lengthy g99 application. They will dictate how much you can have . Probably will involve a g99 protection relay that you have no experience of .
Those skylights need meshing over and the roof needs mansafe and permanent perimeter scaffold for maintenance.
You are fussing over 29kw of ev charging . Far bigger problems on a job of this size
Another clickbait..
Why hide how much he's paying? I'm not going to tell anyone?
Covid was the convenient excuse to rip everyone off. I'm not saying there were not genuine supply and cost issues, but electricity companies are price gouging.
Before writing off a board as being full, it's best to remove the covers and visually inspect. In my experience, sometimes MCB's are left in the on position but have no cables connected to them. Some circuits might be deleted or unused and may provide a spare way or two. Crammed full boards are so common though. I would always leave about a 3rd as expansion space. I'm out of the industry at the moment, but most of my experience was offshore, but I remember a few years of absolutely manic council rewires on price work in London. It paid well, but it was flat out from morning to evening. My labourer was a Russian speaker and he worked like a slave, but his English was not good. I started to learn Russian just to make things easier. Even though we were under a lot of pressure, we had a lot of fun too. I miss the game sometimes.
I've never done any solar installs, but am thinking of a large system for our house. I've been skeptical about this whole "green" movement and the man made climate story, but I remain a strong believer in efficiency and cheap renewable power. Not that it's renewable, but I'm a fan of nuclear power. Especially the 4th gen safer technology. Whatever method we gain power, the absolute bottom line is that we need more, and the more decentralised, the better. Energy security is really important. I also like the fact that Solar has become more efficient and there are more creative ways to use it. I have some battery concerns and their risk of fire and explosion. I like the idea of mechanical batteries or sand batteries.
Great content as usual. Loving your channel.
Jeezus wept. There are still people out there who think that climate change isn’t real. Just look at the news, look at pictures of glaciers, study a bit of science… just wake up!
Ever since Green energy appeared my bills have done nothing but rise can't remember needing a price cap when we burned coal. You'd think after £35 billion worth of wind turbines energy prices would at least be stable.
Why would they lower prices? The price gouging and greedflation will persist no matter how you get your energy. Any change is just an excuse to raise that bill. Even when oil shipments hadn't affected their overhead yet during covid they raised prices.
This has almost nothing to do with green energy.
Edit: Well if where you are doesn't have green energy then the utility company could be making you pay for their decreased profits because with more green energy some plants will be cycled down more often and anyone still getting their energy the old way is basically going to make their customers pay for the reduction in market share.
Electricity prices are so high because they are based upon the cost of gas generation, if they were based upon the cost of onshore wind they would be a fraction of the price.
Incidentally, if fossil fuel companies were forced to pay for the damage their carbon output is causing the planet, the cost of fossil fuel generation would be far greater.
We needed the price cap to stop the power companies cheating the customers that do not switch supplier rabidly. Which is almost everyone.
Same old story in many sectors that can do it. Insurance banking etc. Cheat the loyal customer.
The cap is there to stop them overcharging one group and subsidising the switchers so they can make out 'well we had cheaper sleazy 'deals' you should have found them'. Knowing full well almost everyone is not up to the manic chopping and changing.
Of course this led to the raft of 'new' suppliers going broke all at once when they only had the switchers as customers and little leeway.