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The partnership t each party like a solar power on the rooftops of their
glove. For one thing, the project looked churches, schools, seminaries, and
like it was practically tailor-made for other church-owned buildings.
WeGen Laudato Si', a subsidiary
named after and inspired by the second These institutions include St.
encyclical of Pope Francis. Anthony's College in Antique. In April
2019, the school became solar-
In all of its projects, the WeGen unit — powered.
like its parent — observes high
environmental standards and practices More than just a rooftop
that adhere to Laudato Si' (Praise Be to installation
You), published in June 2015.
The school's energy consumption was
The encyclical scored environmental based on data captured from power
degradation and global warming and loggers that were staged in the school
called on people around the world to premises. The initial consumption
take swift, unied action against prole for St. Anthony's College was a
climate change. With this in mind, baseload of 20kW throughout the day
WeGen Laudato Si' has reached out to until night.
schools and other educational
institutions by holding classroom “WeGen presented them with an
discussions on solar technology, the option to go green and save energy, and
importance of battling climate change, they took everything we explained to
and the urgent need to shift to them about solar energy and how their
renewable energy sources as a means solar PV system works, and acted on
to save the planet. their own to be more energy efcient,”
the WeGen engineer that led the
WeGen L audato Si' has also project said. “This is proof-positive
established strategic relationships with that projects like these can and should
most of the 85 Catholic dioceses be venues of collaboration between
covering the entire Philippines to help companies like WeGen and clients to
them generate clean and sustainable develop environmental awareness.”
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