Our client Midland HR have been delivering smarter HR, payroll & finance solutions since 1984. Servicing over 1400 companies. As part of their overall expansion strategy, they engaged with our parent company Stepnell group to design and build a new Data Centre at the heart of their site in Ruddington. MHR have a progressive outlook to their carbon reduction journey with a plan to become Carbon neutral by 2028 and net zero by 2050. With renewable technologies being a priority, a Solar PV scheme formed part of the energy reduction plan for the building.

Step Energy were appointed to design and install a renewable energy scheme that would maximise the available pitched and flat roof areas, installing Solar PV during the main build programme which reduced the risk associated with a retrofit option. 59 375W In Roof Solfit PV panels were installed on the pitched roof areas with a further 59 420W PV panels in a ballasted array on the flat roof area, combining 30Kw of inverters the 32.21kWp system is estimated to generate 27,050 kWh annually saving an estimated 5.23 tonnes of CO2 the equivalent of planting around 240 trees.