Kape Hotel
- Hotel Rooftop Solar Power
- System Size: 152.20 kWp
- Completion: 6-Aug-2024
Project Summary
KAPE Hotel, formerly Victoria Court, is a busy day and night hotel in Balintawak, one of Quezon City’s most heavily trafficked districts. It is the kind of property where the load is relentless. Guest rooms, air conditioning, water heating, and back-of-house operations run through the day and deep into the night, which keeps electricity among the largest fixed costs on the property budget.
The roof was the challenge. Rather than force a single orientation onto an awkward structure, Solaren turned the constraint into an advantage and split the installation into east and west-facing banks. The east side lifts generation through the morning while the west side carries it into the afternoon, flattening the daily curve so output tracks the hotel’s steady, all-day demand instead of peaking at noon and falling away. Every stage was supervised by a licensed electrical engineer, which is not standard practice in this market. Nobody does this. Solaren does.
The result is lower, more predictable energy costs with no change to guest comfort or daily operations. For a hotel that never switches off, KAPE Hotel shows what a well-designed commercial solar system in the Philippines can deliver.
System Performance
- System Size: 152.20 kWp
- Annual Generation: 224,495 kWh
- Day Peak Load: 129.37 kW
- Payback/ROI: 3.1 years
Financial Impact
- Daily Savings: ₱6,860
- Monthly Savings: ₱205,787
- Annual Savings: ₱2,469,445
- Lifetime Savings: ₱63,642,917
Technology Partners
- Inverters: SMA Germany STPX 25000
- Modules: LONGI Scientist 650W
- Monitoring and Control: SMA ennexOS / Sunny Portal
Sustainability Impact
- TREES Planted Lifetime: 7,408
- CO₂ Lifetime: 3,143 tons
- Houses Powered Annually: 94











