Ok... this is great, this is awesome, more company's should do this.
What percentage of the individual stores power needs will be met via the solar power.
Because (and again: this is great, this is awesome, more company's should do this) if they're covering a TINY percentage of their needs and reaping HUGE PR points it kinda sucks.
As the article says, "Kohl's use of solar power will generate more than 35 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy annually, the equivalent of powering an estimated 3,087 California homes."
So yeah, unless a Kohl's store uses the equivalnet electricity to several thousand houses, they're generating a heck of a lot more than "a TINY percentage of their needs".
3,087 CA homes / 63 Kohls stores = 49 CA Homes per Kohls store. It isn't out of the realm of reality that this is accurate. The massive heating/cooling/lighting of each store could be equivalent to 49 homes.
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
Ok... this is great, this is awesome, more company's should do this.
What percentage of the individual stores power needs will be met via the solar power.
Because (and again: this is great, this is awesome, more company's should do this) if they're covering a TINY percentage of their needs and reaping HUGE PR points it kinda sucks.
As the article says, "Kohl's use of solar power will generate more than 35 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy annually, the equivalent of powering an estimated 3,087 California homes."
So yeah, unless a Kohl's store uses the equivalnet electricity to several thousand houses, they're generating a heck of a lot more than "a TINY percentage of their needs".
3,087 CA homes / 63 Kohls stores = 49 CA Homes per Kohls store. It isn't out of the realm of reality that this is accurate. The massive heating/cooling/lighting of each store could be equivalent to 49 homes.