[CPEO-BIF] Whole Foods on the Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Note: This is a remediated contamination site where ground-level  
gardening is prohibited. - LS]

Brooklyn Whole Foods Wows With Solar, Wind, EV Chargers, Greenhouse  
and More

Brandon Baker
Ecowatch
December 23, 2013

The outside of the newly opened Whole Foods on Brooklyn, NY’s Gowanus  
Canal contains more examples of renewable energy and efficiency than  
some companies have throughout their entire operations.

Solar and wind energy work together to completely power two Skypump  
electric vehicle charging stations and 19 LED streetlights. The Sanya  
SLSTM streetlights, by New York, NY-based Urban Green Energy (UGE),  
would remain operational during regional outages because of their  
natural power sources.

UGE says the streetlights and charging stations both produce more  
energy than they require, reducing energy consumption at the  
supermarket.

Solar carports, electric vehicle chargers, wind turbines and solar  
panels are all found at the new Whole Foods location in Brooklyn, NY.  
Photo credit: Urban Green Energy

...

For the entire article, see
http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/23/brooklyn-whole-foods-solar-wind-ev- 
chargers-greenhouse


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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