Renewable energy developer-firm PAVI Green of the Villar group has cemented partnerships with its affiliate Vista Malls and All Home Luzon branches for the provision of solar-generated electricity to these establishments.

In a statement to the media, the Villar RE firm indicated that it will be generating up to 467,647.41 kilowatt hours (kWh) per month of energy from rooftop solar panels in all Vista Malls and All Home Luzon branches.

“This initiative is expected to reduce carbon emissions equivalent to 3,754,273.4 kilograms per year or equivalent to 22,526 planted trees,” the company conveyed.

The ‘green energy switch’ of the Villar-owned establishments -- which was launched recently at the Vista Mall Sta Rosa in Laguna -- is all in keeping with the sustainability pathway being pursued by the conglomerate.

As emphasized by Paolo Villar, president and CEO of Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc., “sustainable energy is the future, and we hope to significantly contribute to the renewable energy targets in the country through these kinds of commercial partnerships.”

He qualified that the energy preference shift for their commercial establishments “marks a significant step in our efforts to save the environment and enables us to become cost-efficient in terms of our electricity costs.”

PAVI Green said 11,315 solar panels had been installed in all 14 stores in Luzon, with average capacity of 432-kilowatt peak of total power from the solar panels – and these in turn, yield cost savings of at least 10 to 15% in each branch that has been utilizing renewable energy-generated power.

The Villar-owned stores equipped with solar panels have been the Vista Mall branches in Sta. Rosa, Laguna; Tanza and Dasmarinas, Cavite; Bataan and Pampanga; as well as Starmall San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.

For its AllHome branches, those drawing electricity from solar include Imus and Kawit, Cavite; Antipolo, Rizal; as well as San Ildefonso, Bulacan; Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija; then Santiago and Cauayan in the province of Isabela.

On the core of this transformative business strategy, Villar highlighted that the customers they have been catering to are also given the opportunity “to contribute to saving the planet while enjoying their retail experience.”

Within the greater precept of global decarbonization to abate climate change risks, more and more corporates are now taking the challenge of decisively doing their share in enabling the world gain traction on limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius as cast in the Paris Agreement.

On the RE investment sphere, the Villar group is at its development ramp up pace for blueprinted solar projects – including targeted installations in Orion, Bataan; San Vicente, Camarines Norte; as well as Naga, Camarines Sur that will have aggregate capacity of 86 megawatts.