Renewable Energy: Mall Solar Facilities

RLC values energy management to promote sustainable growth for the organization. To integrate this into the company's operations, RLC installed off-grid rooftop solar PV (photovoltaic) panels in its malls nationwide. Through energy conservation and efficiency programs like this, RLC demonstrates its commitment to protect the environment from the adverse effects of carbon emissions, and to become an industry leader in efficient energy use. RLC held the record of having the world's largest solar-powered facility installed on a mall's rooftop for self-consumption. To date, RLC has completed solar installations in 21 malls for a total of approximately 25,941 kWp (25.941 MWp) of solar panels installed. This is equivalent to about 270,268 trees planted and 16,345 tons of carbon dioxide avoided in 2020. Of the 21 Robinsons Malls with existing solar facilities, 7 are located in Luzon (Novaliches, Ilocos, Pangasinan, Palawan, Naga, Angeles, and San Fernando Pampanga), 12 in Visayas (Bacolod, Iloilo, Pavia, Jaro, Dumaguete, Roxas, Antique, Tacloban, North Tacloban, Ormoc, Galleria Cebu, and Cybergate Cebu) and 2 in Mindanao (General Santos and Tagum).

Solar panels installed last December 2020 in RLC malls in Santiago, Isabela and Iligan City will begin production in 2021. These projects will generate a combined capacity of 3,555 kWP (or 3.55 MWp). In addition, the solar plant in Butuan, with a design of capacity of 1,296 kWP, is scheduled for completion and production in the same year. Plans to roll out even more solar PV systems in both existing and future malls are already in the pipeline.