Manufacturing
To meet net zero targets, manufacturers must dramatically reduce their emissions. This is a significant challenge due to their high-energy intensity, and increasing carbon taxes, adding pressure to decarbonise. For a typical manufacturing site, energy demand far exceeds the generation capacity of the available area for renewables. Naked Energy’s Virtu products generate more energy with less space. Virtu provides pre-heat and process heat up to 90°C while reducing hard-to-tackle scope 1 emissions, unlike standard solar PV technology.
We work with manufacturers of food & beverage, pulp & paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, fast-moving consumer goods and other manufacturers.
Hotels & Leisure Centres
For hotels with high thermal demand all year around, Virtu’s high-energy density is ideal, especially for urban environments with limited roof area. Resort-style hotels are often in locations with lots of solar irradiance, but traditional energy sources are expensive, space is limited and supply is insecure. For these hotels, Virtu can eliminate these challenges while tackling the scope 1 emissions of domestic hot water (DHW), laundry and pool heating.
Public Sector
Governments around the world have committed to net zero. To achieve this, decarbonising heat in public sector assets is a priority. In many countries, governments offer strong subsidy support to finance projects which reduce the carbon emissions of their assets. Our Virtu products are Solar Keymark certified, making them eligible for such funding. Virtu can help decarbonise a range of public sector assets with large thermal demand.
We work with social housing, schools, swimming pools, fire stations, hospitals, university accommodation blocks, prisons and heat networks.
Multi-family Residential Developments
Many new residential developments are moving away from gas for heating. Providing affordable warmth to residents remains a priority. Installing Virtu during retrofit or in new developments can halve residents’ energy bills while future-proofing building standards for low-carbon homes. Virtu works in parallel with thermal storage to reduce costly electricity network upgrades and adds to the aesthetic value of the property.
We work with social housing, residential developers, heat networks and care homes.
