New Best Buy stores to be green
Minneapolis headquartered, Best Buy is going green. Could it be because of those upper Midwest progressive values?
They have a program to take in your old cell phones, print cartridges, and batteries near the front entrance of their stores. They also take old TVs for a fee. The only thing they don’t have is a program to take old computers, but Dell and HP do have.
Starting soon in early to mid 2008 plans ll new Best Buy stores will be eco friendly. This will include energy efficient lighting, recycled content building materials, a high-efficiency HVAC system, and a day lighting system. This will qualify as a LEED project.
LEED is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design a US federal designation for green buildings. So far there are only 50 LEED retail stores. LEED certification will cut energy use by 1/3 at these stores!
They also plan to increase reusable containers by 30%, retrofit about 20% of stores with energy efficient lighting. They also plan to recycle 75K tons of cardboard 2K plastic, and 15 K of consumer electronics and 27 K tons of appliances.
Via Jets on Green
August 28th, 2007 at 2:36 am |
It’s a good idea for stores to turn green as they are the ones who can decides whether they want to spread the green conscious throughout their customers.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:48 am |
Mr. Armand Rousso I see you around “the Green Business” these month. Are you launching a new venture soon in this area ? Would be happy to know more about your plan.
September 6th, 2007 at 9:24 pm |
That’s awesome that Best Buy is going to be more friendly for the enviroment. If only more companies would do this.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pm |
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April 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm |
There seems to be a green revolution going on — with reusable bags other eco-friendly things gaining popularity - including green tea! I am glad that best buy is jumping on the bandwagon. I work with batterytex , an eco-friendly battery store that sells batteries for all applications.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:19 pm |
That or other way everyone of us must do something to make this world better.