B&Q has recently opened its greenest ever store. The 159,000 sq ft store in New Malden, Surrey, will produce around half the carbon emissions of the company’s other stores, thanks to innovative eco features.
These include a 20kW wind turbine, the largest integrated turbine to be installed on a UK building; ground source heat pumps to heat and cool the store; a rainwater harvesting system to provide some of the store’s water; solar panels for electricity and hot water; and a sedum roof, which absorbs CO2 and reduces rainwater run-off.
Shopping, meanwhile, will be made easy with the new Reserve & Collect service, which will enable customers to reserve products online and collect them in store, including B&Q’s One Planet Home range of more than 2,000 eco products.
To celebrate the opening of the new store, B&Q customers can buy a roll of loft insulation for just £1, enabling them to insulate an average-sized house for less than £25.
B&Q is one of 12 organisations in the UK to have achieved The Carbon Trust Standard, which is awarded to organisations that measure, manage and reduce their carbon footprint. For help in making your home more environmentally friendly, see www.diy.com/oneplanethome.
Retail Week: B&Q’s New Malden eco-store from Retail Week on Vimeo.
I would like to say a very big thank you to David one of you staff who just happened to be passing by,in the car park, and seeing that my Husband was going to have a struggle to get a huge bag of compost in our boot.He came up to us and lifted the bag in the car boot for us.
I would like you to thank him for us,
This was this morning at 10 20am.March 18th