Tesco installs energy saving touch screens
Popular UK retailer Tesco has encouraged employees to cut down on carbon emissions by providing touch screen energy monitors.
After a pilot programme ran successfully in the nine of the grocer’s stores, Tesco will roll out the scheme in 500 stores across the country. The energy boards are placed around staff areas in the store and show, which sections are helping to reduce energy usage.
On the touch screen, employees can see, by section, such as bakery, lighting, petrol, which station is using the most energy. This marks the first time that the technology has been used in a supermarket in order to curb carbon emissions.
On the heels of installing the scheme, Tesco has been given an award for innovative energy savings. The screens let staff know where more energy needs to be saved.
When the system first went into Tesco’s Portsmouth store, the petrol station showed the highest use of energy. However, staff have now been able to reduce the amount of light used each day and cut the store’s energy use drastically.
The test run at nine of the popular retailer’s stores saw energy consumption drop by three per cent, which Tesco said was a large margin for just one scheme. The new installations at 500 Tesco outlets could see energy consumption fall and save nearly 23,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Source: http://www.recycle.co.uk
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