Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Disney Going Green

From my senior design project, Low Cost Residential Energy Efficiency, I have learned a lot of ways for homeowners to save a little bit of money and energy in their homes.  From this, I wondered if Disney has been doing anything about this.  Well, it turns out Disney has been and over the last 5 years has reduced energy consumption about 9%.  With Earth day just past and with all of the hype over the Disney Earth movies, it is nice to know that they are doing a little bit at the parks to help out with this.
Here is the video...

This video focused on mainly making changes like not turning on rides to early or changing the the LED lightbulbs, but the biggest part to take away from this is pay attention to detail.

Paying attention to the little things even in a home can save you big bucks on the energy bill and be better for the enviornment.  This was actually a part of my Senior Design Project, by making little changes to their home and being aware what is going to save you money is half the batte.  For example, yes turn off your faucet when you brush your teeth but not just to conserve water but to conserve the energy to heat that water as well.  Overall, it is just nice to see that yes a big corporation will in turn save money from these changes but it the future they will also help the enviornment!

1 comment:

  1. It seems like a lot of big corporations are starting to do this which is great!! I've worked at starbucks for a few years now and they too are starting to make some little changes that have a major impact. This is great!!

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