Ikea Store Geothermal Heating
Ikea Store Geothermal Heating
Ikea installing geothermal heating in new stores in Sweden
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Swedish
IKEA stores already obtain over 90% of their energy needs from
renewable sources - primarily
hydro power with some
wind power. With their new store in
Karlstad, Sweden, IKEA are going one step further using
geothermal power sourced from the store's site.
101 holes are being drilled 5 metres apart and
120 metres deep into the ground to tap into the
50+ degree Celcius water found there - naturally heated by the Earth. This source of
free energy will cover 85% of the heating needs and 75% of the air conditioning needs of the finished store with electricity required only to pump water around the system.
The energy sourced from the ground by this installation is equivalant to 1,200kW of heating, or 800kW of cooling. This will reduce
carbon emissions by 2,200 tonnes annually.
Already the Karlstad site is one of Sweden's largest
geothermal installations and IKEA are planning similar systems for stores in Malmö, Helsingborg, and Uppsala. IKEA are aiming to have all its stores around the world powered and heated 100% with
renewable energy by 2012 while at the reducing overall energy consumption from 2007 levels by 25% by the same time.
IKEA recently distrubuted 60,000
energy saving CFL lightbulbs to their 10,000 UK staff free of charge as part of their
Bulb for Life giveaway. Each bulb can be returned for a free replacement when it comes to the end of its operational lifetime. This will save UK IKEA workers a total of £400,000 annually in electricity costs, and each pack of 6
energy saving bulbs will save approximately 1 tonnes of carbon emissions (compared to standard incandescent bulbs).
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