Energy Savings
In 2010 Festival Place completed its programme of installing energy efficient lighting controls.
We replaced T8 fluorescent tubes with much more efficient T5 tubes and the cold cathode lighting with LED lighting which resulted in a further reduction of electricity use by more than 3%. We now use more than 19% less electricity compared to 2007 and still have plans to reduce our consumption for 2011.
Festival Place uses green electricity
Gas:- Due to the exceptionally cold weather conditions at the start and end of 2010 we did not see a reduction in our gas consumption because it was necessary to keep the shopping environment at a comfortable temperature for our customers. However, we did minimise the impact of our consumption by;
- keeping office temperatures the same
- turning off overhead door heaters when not required
- taking the mall doors off 'hold open' during the winter months
- monitoring CO2 content to control recirculation of existing heat.
