Albert Heijn is installing 10,788 solar panels on its distribution centre in Pijnacker. This allows it to capture a third of the building's total energy consumption.
The solar panels are expected to provide Albert Heijn with a CO2 reduction of 1,387 tonnes per year, equivalent to the energy consumption of 60 households. "The installation of the solar panels fits well with our ambition to reduce CO2 emissions in our shops and distribution centres and to be smarter about energy," Anneke de Vries, SVP Real Estate, Construction and Franchise at Albert Heijn, said in a press release. "I am therefore very happy that we can make such a nice step here with over 10,000 solar panels. And that's quite a job on a distribution centre where we work 24/7 to supply our shops."
Albert Heijn previously took steps towards sustainability. The automated distribution centre in Zaandam was also fitted with 6380 solar panels, partly as a result of which the distribution centre received the BREEAM-NL Excellent sustainability certificate, a hallmark that assesses buildings for sustainability. The shops in Purmerend, Venray, Enschede, Eindhoven and Zeist also have solar panels.
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