Your roof is an asset. Treat it like one.
Lower energy costs, a stronger EPC position and progress your tenants and shareholders can see, from roof space that currently does nothing. Assessed remotely first, delivered and monitored on one record.
The problem
The pressure is real, the barriers are practical
MEES already sets a minimum standard for lettable commercial space in England and Wales, and tenant and reporting expectations keep rising regardless of where the regulation settles. What holds owners back is practical: capital has competing uses, landlord and tenant do not always share the benefit, and nobody wants disruption on an operating asset.
Capital has competing uses
A roof array competes with every other call on capex, and it rarely wins on its own. Routes that do not need your capital change that calculation.
Landlord and tenant split the benefit
The owner hosts the system while the tenant's bill falls. Until the lease, a green lease clause or the service charge shares the benefit, neither side moves.
Disruption on an operating asset
Nobody wants scaffolding and contractors on a building with tenants in it. The assessment runs remotely, so nothing is disturbed until the case is made.
See it working
From aerial imagery to a panel layout
Illustrative demonstration with fictional data
Remote first
Know what your roof can do before anyone visits
The assessment runs remotely from aerial imagery: roof geometry, orientation, shading, usable area and indicative yield. You see whether it works, and roughly how well, before committing to anything.
No-capex routes
Routes that do not need your capital
Where the economics support it, energy companies delivering on Enerwise Commercial can structure solar as a PPA, so the system is funded and operated for you and you buy the power it generates. Where you would rather own the asset, the same record carries that route too.
One shared record
One record, every party
You, the energy company and the installer work from the same assessment, the same design and the same delivery plan. Progress is visible, and after handover the system's generation stays monitored on the record.
Delivery is carried out by experienced commercial installers, with the grid connection application prepared, ready to submit to the distribution network operator.
Common questions
Asked by owners like you
Do we need to spend our own capital?
Not necessarily. Where the economics support it, energy companies delivering on Enerwise Commercial can structure solar as a power purchase agreement, so the system is funded and operated for you and you buy the power it generates. Where you would rather own the asset, the same record carries that route too, and both can be compared before anything is committed.
Will solar improve our EPC position?
It can contribute to it. The remote assessment shows what a system could add for each building before any work is agreed. MEES already sets a minimum standard for lettable commercial space in England and Wales, and tenant and reporting expectations keep rising regardless of where the regulation settles, so knowing where each asset stands is worth doing on its own.
How does this work with tenants in occupation?
The split incentive is real: the landlord hosts the system and the tenant's bill falls. How the benefit is shared is a commercial decision, whether through the lease terms, a green lease clause or the service charge. The assessment itself is remote, so nothing happens on site until the case is made, and installation is planned around an operating building.
What does the remote assessment involve?
It runs from aerial imagery: roof geometry, orientation, shading, usable area and indicative yield. Nobody visits and there is no obligation. You see whether a roof works, and roughly how well, before committing to anything. If the numbers make sense, the same record then carries the design, the delivery plan and the monitoring that follows.
Who delivers and maintains the system?
Delivery is carried out by experienced commercial installers working from the same record as you and the energy company. The grid connection application is prepared, ready to submit to the distribution network operator, and after handover the system's generation stays monitored on the record, so performance is visible rather than taken on trust.
Can we use this for ESG reporting?
The record keeps each building's assessment, design and generation history in one place, which gives your ESG reporting a consistent source to draw from. What you disclose, and under which framework, remains your decision: we provide the data behind the numbers, not the disclosures themselves.
Own a home instead?
This page is for commercial property. For your own home, Enerwise is our independent route to solar for homeowners.
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