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Work has begun to reduce the shopping centre's £1.4million annual energy bill
Shopping centres generally consume large amounts of energy. Artificial lighting along with space heating and cooling are often the main sources for this energy consumption.
With current annual CO2 emissions of 8,000 tonnes Bluewater shopping centre in Kent has acknowledged that something needs to be done to reduce this. They have begun work with the energy analysis software company Sefaira to lower the centre's energy consumption and carbon footprint.
Sefaira chief executive Mads Jensen said: 'These sorts of [energy] figures are typical across the retail industry'
'Combined, the country's 40 biggest shopping...