May 31st, 2010

Last weekend I was on a DIY trip and noticed this rather fancy wind turbine aloft a well known store. In this really contributing to reducing the energy consumption of this site?  Is this a business that has taken energy waste by the scruff of the neck and squeezed? Within the store were staff noticeably behaving in ways to reduce energy wastage? Or has the council just forced this DIY store it put it up to get planning permission?

There’s nothing wrong with what this store is doing. Every bit of renewable energy we can create contributes to saving carbon yet at the same time we have to things more seriously. Staff behaviour alone influencing excessive lighting or heating will outweigh the renewable generation many times over. The only difference is that staff behaviour cannot be placed aloft on the top a building.

GAIA May 2010

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