Novatech has become the latest IT provider to install solar panels at its HQ in an investment.
The PC builder and public sector supplier has installed 825 solar panels on the roof of its Portsmouth facility as part of wider plans to reduce its carbon footprint. It hopes to start feeding the electricity generated back into the grid from May.
CEO David Furby says will pay for itself within six to seven years and bolster its carbon reduction efforts. Novatech’s 30,000 square foot, south-facing roof and geographic positioning on the south coast made the 400kW installation a “no brainer”, Furby said.
“Everybody’s got to start thinking about how to become some net zero. And one of the big things is the energy we’re using – both gas and electricity – to power our building. We’ve got a very large roof”, he explained.
