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Demonstration design review · Enquiry journey in demo mode
Energy for garden centres

Your sites have their own energy story.

Retail floors. Busy restaurants. Seasonal peaks. Understand the whole picture, then plan energy around the way your garden centres work.

Request an Energy Opportunity Review Explore solar & battery costs
For individual sites and commercial estates.
Look beyond the roof

A garden centre is a mix of spaces, equipment and trading patterns. A useful energy plan connects that detail with the commercial priorities of the site or estate.

Solar PV + battery storage

Explore the cost.
See what could change.

Build a first picture for your garden centre. Compare a solar and storage budget with the electricity savings in your chosen scenario.

01   Your electricity

Use figures for one site and one electricity supply. Run a separate scenario for each garden centre. This calculator covers electricity; gas savings are not included.

Exclude VAT, standing charges and other fixed charges.

Replace the example rate with your bill's rate. Use a weighted average for multiple rates on this supply.

02   Explore a system

These starting sizes are examples, not a recommendation for your site. Set battery capacity to zero to explore solar alone.

03   Review pricing and energy assumptions

All starting assumptions are illustrative and editable. They are not TEE prices, a garden-centre benchmark or a site assessment. Base installation allowances exclude VAT; add a site-cost allowance for any additional works.

For example, roof works, connection works or access costs outside the base allowances.

An example allowance for maintenance and operating costs, excluding finance and replacement costs.

After PV system losses. Replace with a site-specific forecast when available.

Before battery storage, and limited by annual electricity demand.

An annual throughput assumption, not a guaranteed daily cycle.

Allows for energy lost while charging and discharging.

Illustrative pricing: £900/kWp solar + £450/usable kWh battery. Review the assumptions above before using the result.

04   BESS trading profit share

Alongside onsite energy use, an eligible battery energy storage system (BESS) may be used for energy-market trading. The client receives 75% of the trading profit available to share, subject to the agreed arrangement.

£10,000 is a demo assumption, not a forecast or a rate per kWh. This is profit after agreed trading costs, before the 75% client share. Leave blank if not modelled.

See your results immediately. No contact details needed.

A clearer first picture

What could solar and storage mean for your site?

Enter your annual electricity charges and adjust the example system. Your results will bring together:

  • An illustrative installation budget
  • Year-one electricity cost savings
  • Running costs and simple payback

Then explore the right next step with The Energy Engineers.

Built around your operation

Different demands.
One considered plan.

Your mix may include retail, catering, outdoor space and future expansion. We start by understanding it.

Retail & seasonal trading

Consider lighting, heating, opening hours and changes in trading across the year, rather than relying on a single annual total.

Restaurants & catering

Understand the timing of kitchen, hot-water and refrigeration loads alongside the wider site.

Growth & electrification

Explore what new buildings, equipment or charging could mean for capacity and the available options.

Estate variation

Compare opportunities across locations while respecting different buildings, occupancy, connections and operating needs.

Engineering before selection

Make the opportunity fit the site.

We bring the demand, practical constraints and commercial goals together before selecting a technology or funding route.

That could mean making better use of existing systems, supporting capacity, considering onsite generation or combining suitable options.

01

Cost

Understand the drivers of energy spend and where closer assessment could be useful.

02

Capacity

Test future plans against the site’s practical and connection constraints.

03

Resilience & carbon

Explore appropriate options alongside the site’s continuity and decarbonisation priorities.

Evidence awaiting approvalReserved customer story / Dobbies

The story behind the energy decision.

This space is reserved for approved customer evidence. Outcomes, a film and supporting details will be added once permission and the scope of the story are confirmed.

Your initial conversation

A useful first step.
A clearer next decision.

An Energy Opportunity Review begins with your priorities. Detailed bills and half-hourly data can follow when the next stage is agreed.

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  • Your site or estate and how it operates
  • The energy questions that matter most
  • Growth, capacity and resilience priorities
  • What information would help assess the options
  • Whether further engineering or funding discussions are appropriate

The separate CRM demo form saves test enquiries. Use invented details only; no customer messages are sent and no appointment is booked.

The commercial picture

Understand the route as well as the technology.

Efficiency, solar, storage and other suitable options need to work within your site’s technical and commercial requirements.

Fully funded options may be available for suitable projects. A PPA involves buying generated energy, with ownership, charges and operating obligations set out in the agreement.

We explore suitability and explain the decisions. No technology or funding route is assumed before assessment.

Garden-centre questions

Before we talk.

Does the calculator give us a quote?

No. It uses your electricity charges, proposed system sizes and editable illustrative allowances to show a capital-purchase budget and savings scenario. A site assessment and agreed scope are needed for a quote. The model assumes no export income or grid tariff shifting.

Do we need to know which technology we want?

No. Bring the problem or priority. The engineering work is about understanding which options are suitable before committing to a particular solution.

Can sites in the same estate need different approaches?

Yes. Site layout, demand, occupancy, available space and connection arrangements may differ. A consistent decision process can still lead to different site-level plans.

Do we need to upload bills now?

No. The initial review journey asks for broad context. Detailed energy and site information can be requested when the appropriate next stage is agreed.

Will this book a meeting?

No. The CRM demonstration creates a test contact and pipeline opportunity when its form is submitted. A meeting is only booked after a separate agreement.

Your estate. Your priorities.

Start with the energy questions worth answering.

Explore a short review journey built around your sites, your needs and a useful first conversation.

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CRM demonstration · Use invented details only.