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Ikea commits to sun, wind — energy independence by 2020

Environmental Headlines -- CT environmental news — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:41:04 +0000

As more U.S. businesses embrace renewable energy, IKEA plans to announce Tuesday that it will rely on the sun and the wind to produce all the power it uses at its stores and buildings by 2020.

Ikea’s rooftop solar panels in New Haven.

“Each roof is a power station in the making,” says Steve Howard, Ikea Group’s chief sustainability officer, adding that the United States has “fantastic sun … as good as anywhere in the world.” Ikea already has solar panels atop 34 of its 38 U.S. stores and distribution centers.

For more on this story, visit: Ikea uses sun, wind to become energy independent | USA Today.

IKEA to add solar installations to three of its locations

Environmental Headlines -- CT environmental news — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:58:35 +0000

IKEA recently announced its plans to install solar energy panels at three more of its locations across the United States, at its stores in Draper, Utah, New Haven, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon.

After IKEA receives the necessary governmental permits, it will install nearly 10,000 solar panels on the three stores, which will have the capacity to generate approximately 3,156 megawatt-hours of electricity each year.

IKEA has been a leader in renewable energy for years. Geek.com reports that IKEA plans to have 80 percent of its power for every store come from a renewable energy source by 2015.

For more on this story, visit: IKEA to add solar installations to three of its locations | Cooler Planet News.

BEACH: New Haven’s loneliest building needs visionary (and lots of money?)

Environmental Headlines -- CT environmental news — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:02:37 +0000

The Pirelli building in front of the New Haven Ikea just south of the I-91/I-95 interchange (ct environmental headlines)

Anstress Farwell, president of the New Haven Urban Design League, said of the old, architecturally iconic Pirelli building that serves as a gateway for those entering New Haven from the south on I-95, “We didn’t save it for it to become an ugly billboard. If you took down the billboards, it would be a lot more handsome and distinctive. It’d be nice to see it rather than raggy advertisements.”

Gail Franco, store manager for Ikea New Haven, said anybody who theorizes “demolition by neglect” is “projecting or making an assumption. When we moved in, we agreed with the city that it wouldn’t be taken down.”

via BEACH: New Haven’s loneliest building needs visionary – The New Haven Register.