AES Managing Director Jacco Bos recently gave BVI Property and Yacht Magazine a tour of the renewable energy system that AES installed at the Cooper Island Beach Club.

I recently accompanied Jacco Bos from Alternative Energy Systems (AES) to the friendly, unpretentious resort where he gave me a tour of the renewable energy system his company installed.. We first walked up a small hill to a pathway behind the restaurant where he showed me the roof and the 90 solar panels covering it. “I’ve always loved solar panels,” Cooper Island manager Andy Murrant said, “and to me, it would’ve been ideal to have the whole front of the resort covered in them, but there are people who don’t like the look of them. Also, the sun angle was a big issue.” As we admired the sleek panels, Andy’s partner, Cooper Island manager Samantha Baker mentioned, “The great thing is that the solar panels also help cool the kitchen by providing additional shade.” The sun would normally be beating down on the roof and adding heat to the already hot kitchen, but now that energy is diverted into the solar panels, reducing the use of fans to cool the kitchen.

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