Emerge Renewable Solutions
Built to last: protecting the real value of commercial solar
Charlotte Ward Director Emerge Renewable Solutions
At Emerge, we really do get excited about new installations - and we’re just as passionate about what happens after the scaff olding comes down. That’s why our recent work at Unusual Rigging’s
Northamptonshire head offi ce has been such a perfect example of what ‘evolved on-site renewables’ looks like in the commercial world. Unusual now has three solar PV systems powering their operation. We have delivered maintenance works on their original system, alongside a new solar system to support the next chapter of their sustainability journey. If that sounds like a simple story of just ‘another solar
job’… it isn’t. Because Unusual has continually invested in becoming the living demonstration of how businesses can embed sustainability deeply into their operation and environment by focusing on circular economy and low- carbon principles, and a site like this demands more than a tick-box approach.
A site designed to challenge the old way of building What makes this story unique is that Unusual’s new award-winning HQ in Bugbrooke has been widely talked about in the construction and sustainability world because it’s rooted in circular economy principles - designed with the idea that materials should have a life after the building, not just during it. T e building’s structure leans heavily into low-carbon
design, including a timber frame and biogenic materials, with a strong focus on designing out waste and planning for future adaptability. T at bigger ambition matters, because it changes how
you think about energy too. Solar PV fi ts that philosophy brilliantly - but only if it performs, year after year, not just on commissioning day.
The unglamorous truth There’s a quiet myth in the market that once solar is installed, it just ‘prints savings’ for its lifetime and beyond. In reality, PV systems are industrial assets. They are situated outside, facing all elements from wind, rain, heat
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