{"id":5278,"date":"2024-08-19T23:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T23:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\/blog\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:02:28","slug":"retirement-village-pakenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\/blog\/case-studies\/retirement-village-pakenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Village &#8211; Pakenham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><br>In August 2024, our team of installers completed a 97kw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\/commercial-solar\">commercial solar panel system<\/a> for a large Retirement Village in the outer South-Eastern suburbs wanted to save money on their electrical bills running the Community Centre\/Clubhouse.<br>We were chosen due to our proven track record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\">installing solar panels Melbourne<\/a> on similar facilities, our localin-house workforce and price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"90%\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"30%\"><strong><strong>No. of panels:<\/strong><\/strong>    <\/td><td>221 x Trina 440W Vertex S+ NEG9R.28 (210R N-Type Dual-Glass)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong>System size:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td>97.24kW<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong>Inverter:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td>1 x Fronius Tauro ECO 100-3-D inverter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Extras:<\/strong><\/td><td>FRONIUS SMART METER \u2013 3 Phase (50 KA), with 3 x 500A Split Core Current Transformers. Certified Grid Safe Network Protection Board.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong><strong>Predicted Return on Investment &amp; Savings<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"90%\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"30%\"><strong>Predicted Carbon Avoided:<\/strong><\/td><td>138.4 tonnes Avoided CO\u2082 per year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Trees planted over system lifetime:<\/strong><\/td><td>26,597<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Estimated annual savings:<\/strong><\/td><td>$23,040 a year, $948,217 lifetime<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Installation date:<\/strong><\/td><td>August 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>System payback period:<\/strong><\/td><td>4 years and 8 months<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/retirement-village-pakenham-total-solar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/retirement-village-pakenham-total-solar.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.totalsolarsolutions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/retirement-village-pakenham-total-solar-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2024, our team of installers completed a 97kw solar system for a large Retirement Village in the outer South-Eastern suburbs wanted to save money on their electrical bills running the Community Centre\/Clubhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[19],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - 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