Lumos Solar, a Boulder, Colorado based design-centric solar product company, said the company’s LSX frameless modules were used to create a custom solar canopy for Walmart in Portland, Ore. The system is a part of Walmart’s Renewable Energy Commitment, adding to their ultimate goal of achieving 100% renewable energy.
Used to shade and protect bicycles, the Portland Walmart solar canopy was a collaborative effort of Lumos, Duo-Gard and Synchro Solar. Duo-Gard, a producer of high-performance custom structures, designed, fabricated and installed the canopy structure.
To highlight Walmart’s renewable energy efforts, Synchro Solar was brought in to install solar on the structure. To meet the architectural requirements of the project, Duo-Gard and Synchro Solar reached out to Lumos.
Because LSX is a frameless module, the array easily met the aesthetic requirements of Portland’s Walmart. In addition, LSX arrays can be easily weatherproofed keeping guests and their bicycles dry when unexpected weather decides to descend on the area.
Walmart installed their first U.S. on-site solar project in 2005. Since then, they have added over 335 renewable energy projects across their global portfolio. Today, when combined with renewable electricity from the grid, 24.2% of Walmart’s electricity needs on a global scale are supplied from renewable sources.