Per news reports: The American retail leader - Wal-Mart promote environmental protection, there is a very excellent performance. Among the several branches after the installation of solar equipment, Wal-Mart save energy costs about $1,000,000.
Wal-Mart's environmental policies have been recognized. Wal-Mart also considers concomitant profit improvement is the happiest thing. Wal-Mart's senior vice president of the Pacific - Santo Pipefish said: This practice is not just to promote environmental protection only, in essence, the company has more help.
Wal-Mart Super center in Lancaster recently installed fuel cells, can supply all electric 220 000 2,876 square feet of half the electricity and dig holes in the roof, provided by the sun during the day and 70% of the lighting; in order to resist the sun, and let the room to keep cool Wal-Mart will also roof painted white.
Whether based on external pressure or changes in heart-based Wal-Mart and other large corporations are promoting green. They all admitted: final profit is the main driving force, the resulting environmental first soldiers galore, just added. Waste and packaging reduction can save substantial costs; improved materials and reduce toxins, can also reduce legal problems. Some environmentalists disagree, that these operators only in the "green washing", which is in use in the name of environmental protection for the interests of the real business; also suggested that Wal-Mart's environmental policy, but wants to maintain competition in the market force Bale.
Since Wal-Mart's commitment to promote environmental protection in 2005, has received a lot of environmentalists really sure. Last year, Wal-Mart sued by environmentalists’ discount stores in Southern California, carbon emissions too high, in order to reach a settlement, Wal-Mart agreed to install solar panels on the top shops, and use more energy-efficient designs.
National Chiayi University of Agriculture grant to build the first domestic greenhouse cultivation of Phalaenopsis solar power system on the roof setting 256 solar panels generating 177 degrees per day, also installed an adjustable temperature hot rods and PCC operating software, allowing solar plate with temperature automatically adjust the indoor temperature, otherwise hot rod device can be adjusted at different temperatures of hot and cold winter, so in the most suitable Phalaenopsis grown under ambient temperature.