Featured in Triple Green – 01-2010

On Aldi’s roof

Aldi stores: In Germany, Pohlen Bedachung has been taking care of roofing for Aldi for 40 years. In the last four years, the mid-sized firm has also been renting the discounter’s roofs to install photovoltaic arrays on them. Pohlen’s biggest customer eventually warmed up to photovoltaics, thanks to strict quality standards and constant system improvement. Aldi’s founders, the Albrecht brothers, also produce solar electricity now – on 59 store roofs.
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Rooftop as far as the eye can see. Here and there, light domes pop out of the giant green surface, which at 37,000 square meters is about as big as five soccer fields. Surrounded by vineyards and within sight of the A6 autobahn, it’s an ideal location for a warehouse. Two roofers shovel roofing granules …

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