Oxford Properties has teamed up with RESCo Energy to install 600 solar panels covering one million square feet ft at a shopping mall in Toronto , Toronto . The technology, which was installed on the roof of Darryl Neate , produced enough electricity to power the mall’s interior and exterior lighting for three months over a 2022 test. RESCo Energy now plans to install another one million sq ft of rooftop solar projects across its retail and industrial assets by 2022 . Malls are well suited to solar energy generation because they have so much flat roof space, said director of sustainability, Darryl Neate .
Oxford Properties has teamed up with RESCo Energy to install 600 solar panels covering 20,000 sq ft at a shopping mall in Toronto, Canada. The technology, which was installed on the roof of Yorkdale Shopping Centre, produced enough electricity to power the mall’s interior and exterior lighting for three months over a one-year test. Oxford Properties now plans to install another one million sq ft of rooftop solar projects across its retail and industrial assets by 2022. Malls are well suited to solar energy generation because they have so much flat roof space, said director of sustainability, Darryl Neate.