Oct 11
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been experimenting with numerous ways of making its stores more green, including a geothermal powered store in Colorado. Now three of the retailer’s Ontario stores will be getting some of their power from solar energy.
Panels are going to be installed on stores in Etobicoke, North York, and Vaughan, where they are expected to produce around 960,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy on a yearly basis, which is equivelant to the amount of power used by 100 residential homes. The $4.6 million installation is the largest of its type among retailers in Canada. The panels themselves are being provided by Sanyo, and are expected to be functional by the end of the year.
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