03 · Living PEACE Village
Renewable Energy
Built environment
A visible transition toward solar power - modest in its current footprint and clear about the work still ahead.
What this experience reveals
From an idea to a lived experience.
The renewable-energy stop makes infrastructure legible. Solar streetlights and operational systems show where Assalam's transition has begun, while the evidence distinguishes today's contribution from the larger solar-independence ambition described in the supplied project narrative.
- Solar-powered pathways
- Renewable energy in daily operations
- Waste diversion
- Visible systems for visitor learning
Published record
Each figure keeps its own scope so programme totals, site facts and future ambitions are not confused.
- 10%
- Daily energy needs covered by solar
- Office, kitchen, school and security
- 6
- Campus areas with solar streetlights
- Assalam Annual Impact Report 2025, page 18
- 40%
- Total garbage diverted
- Wider sustainability initiative
Evidence noteThe 10% and six-area figures are 2025 campus-wide results. Generation capacity, lifetime yield, avoided emissions and any post-2025 expansion have not yet been published.
Inside this experience
Knowledge made visible.
Three ways this part of the village connects inherited knowledge, practical learning and community life.
Current figures are from Assalam's 2025 annual report. Expansion plans come from the July 2026 supplied narrative and are identified as future work.
01
Tradition and technology
Renewable Energy alongside Makuti Architecture.
Across the campus, renewable-energy equipment sits beside buildings shaped by Makuti roofing and passive shade. The two are not presented as opposites: inherited climate knowledge and contemporary energy systems can work within the same place.
This juxtaposition gives visitors a more useful question than whether a solution is old or new - what matters is whether it responds well to local needs and conditions.
02
The current footprint
A beginning measured honestly.
The annual report records solar contributing to daily operations across the office, kitchen, school and security functions, alongside solar streetlights around the campus.
The record describes a meaningful starting point, not energy independence. Keeping that distinction visible avoids overstating the transition.
03
The next horizon
From partial supply toward greater independence.
Assalam's supplied project narrative describes a planned expansion of panels and storage intended to move the campus toward much greater solar coverage.
This page will add installed capacity, commissioning dates and measured output after the equipment is installed and the technical record is approved.
The proposed expansion and full solar-independence goal are future plans, not achieved results.
Pictures and source record
Look closer.
Authentic Assalam imagery and the supplied annual-report record keep the experience connected to real work.
All 12 experiences, one connected village.
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