Impact to our Office

System
System Posts: 2,511 admin
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The owner of the building that our company is a tenant of is considering installing solar panels on the roof. Would there be any negative effect on the health of staff and could there be a problem with interference with our computer network.
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  • AntronX
    AntronX Solar Expert Posts: 462 ✭✭
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    Re: Impact to our Office

    No and no. Nothing to worry about. Just be happy that your landlord is so cool.
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  • solar_dave
    solar_dave Solar Expert Posts: 2,397 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Impact to our Office
    AntronX wrote: »
    No and no. Nothing to worry about. Just be happy that your landlord is so cool.

    Landlord cool???? I bet not, most likely he pays the electric bill, can get it written off in a short enough time to make financial sense.

    Generally Landlords are never cool but smart about their properties, otherwise they are not landlords for long. ;)
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,641 admin
    #4
    Re: Impact to our Office

    Like any large electrical installation--Including the mains coming into the building... There could be electrical interference for any offices/desks right behind the wall where the electronics/transformers are mounted.

    With inverters--typically the only perceptible issue is AM (and possibly FM) radio noise within 10' or so of them or some of their wiring.

    For large transformers, at one building I worked at, they built an office just behind the main power transformer for the office building--And the two software engineers could not use their computers because the cathode ray tube type monitors (before flat screen LCD, etc.) "swam" in the magnetic field of the transformer (no solar involved back 25+ years ago).

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • dwh
    dwh Solar Expert Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭
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    Re: Impact to our Office

    Even on buildings where each unit has its own meter, there is still another meter - the "house" meter - which runs things like hallway and parking lot lighting and sprinkler systems and whatnot.

    So, I would think it would be a good deal for the landlord even if it turns out have no benefit to the tenants. If the landlord pays the electric bill for all the units, then there is even more reason for them to do it.
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  • drees
    drees Solar Expert Posts: 482 ✭✭✭
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    Re: Impact to our Office

    Worst case it will still reduce air conditioning load...
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  • nvyseal
    nvyseal Solar Expert Posts: 108 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Impact to our Office

    What is going on here is your landlord is leasing his roof probably to some company where they make a profit on the power generated, and get a tax break
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