Canopei Hire, Venue Procurement Summary
Reclaimed solar canopies, engineered pine and hemp composite, built in Manchester. Off-grid power and hard shade wherever people already sit.
Canopei Ltd
Manchester, United Kingdom
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canopei.co
Scenario quoted
Glastonbury-scale, 210,000 attendees across 5 days, 6.2 mean daily sun hours, 240 units deployed.
Units
240
Assumed scope
Energy generated
3,413.5 kWh
Estimated
Phone charges
120,000
Estimated
Hard shade
576.0 m²
Estimated
Seats
1,440
Verified
Diesel displaced
1,297 L
Estimated
CO2e avoided
3,450 kg
Estimated
Cost per attendee
£1.37
Estimated
Technical specification
- Unit footprint
- 2.0 m x 1.6 m table and bench module, 2.4 m canopy height
- Seats per unit
- 6 seated positions
- Canopy
- 2 reclaimed PV modules, 620 W peak combined
- Storage
- 1.2 kWh LFP battery, BMS protected, IP65 enclosure
- Outputs
- 6 x USB-C PD 30 W, 2 x USB-A, 1 x 12 V DC accessory
- Lighting
- Dusk-triggered under-canopy LED, 8-hour autonomy
- Frame
- Hemp and pine cellulose composite sides, non-heating surfaces
- Tops
- Machined recycled Christmas-tree timber slats
- Install
- Forklift or four-person lift, no groundworks, no cabling
- Ingress
- Canopy IP67, electronics IP65, tested to BS EN 60529
Commercial terms
- Hire rate: £1,200 per unit per event, inclusive of delivery within 150 miles of Manchester, siting, daily checks and collection.
- Minimum order 20 units. Season agreements across multiple events priced at a 15% discount.
- Purchase option available; hire fees paid in the same season are credited against purchase.
- Payment 30 days from invoice. No deposit for public bodies and established promoters.
Compliance and logistics
- Public liability £5m, product liability £5m, employer's liability £10m.
- Electrical outputs are low-voltage DC only; no mains connection, no RCD or DNO notification required.
- Off-grid and movable, so reclaimed modules fall outside the MCS roof-reuse restriction entirely.
- Units ship 12 per curtain-sider; two people site one unit in under four minutes.
- Social value: reuse tonnage, Manchester manufacturing hours and the audited 10% charitable allocation are reported per contract.
- Public sector buyers: designed, compounded and assembled in Greater Manchester, with local wage and supplier spend evidenced per order for social value scoring.