Low Energy Office

The Daily Express reported that Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd has set up a Low Energy Office, LEO, using solar power. It was completed in March but announced it to the public only last month.

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At this stage solar power is supplying electricity only to the “test building” itself which is smaller but SESB aims to extend the usage of such alternative power supply to the main office building in the future. BTW, this LEO is located at their Tanjung Aru office.

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What I can gather from their meet-the media session is somewhat vague and question-inviting information as follows:

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53 watts - is the energy that one PV cell (PV - photovoltaic) can produce.
RM18mil - is required to generate 200kW of energy (to light up 400 houses).
RM100,000 - is the cost to build a roof solar panel system.
30 years - is the typical lifespan of solar panel.

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One can always debate these figures as cost of setting up solar power systems is becoming cheaper every year due to the various incentives from the Government and popularity of this clean energy source. In fact there are still a lot of variations to that figures if we compare them to those implemented at other places in Malaysia.

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I have yet to visit this building personally but for those who’d like to take a closer look, you can call them at 088-282121. I met up with their Central Zone Operation Distribution (KPKK) manager, Mr Willie Wong at one of our IEM seminar recently and he told me that member of the public can view this building anytime. Just give them a call a day or two in advance.

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Anybody would like to pay them a visit? It's interesting!

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* picture - courtesy of D.Express