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More than 260 sites owned by The Warehouse Group are set to be powered by solar farms (www.indianweekender.co.nz)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting that it's far cheaper to have the farms in remote locations rather than on the actual buildings, especially since the nature of the buildings the warehouse group occupies would make it relatively easy to install solar.

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Stupid question: why dont they use at least some transparent panels on top of the buildings to let in light during the daytime? Right now i'm seeing huge, dark halls who are illuminated by rows and rows of artificial light (probably making up a large portion of their power bill), while the sun is providing free, natural light outside most of the business hours.