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		<title>Moving to Solar Power Generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last July we installed solar panels on the roof of our office and warehouse in Citywest.  With only 8 months of data so far (and most of this during the Autumn and Winter) we have generated almost 11 megawatts of electricity to power our operations. This equates to almost 5 tonnes of CO2 being avoided [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last July we installed solar panels on the roof of our office and warehouse in Citywest.  With only 8 months of data so far (and most of this during the Autumn and Winter) we have generated almost 11 megawatts of electricity to power our operations. This equates to almost 5 tonnes of CO2 being avoided if we were using electricity from the grid and represents over 50% of our electricity needs for the period.  We expect this to increase further as the Summer time approaches.</p>
<p>This is a small amount of C02 prevention in the global scheme of things but it’s a significant one for the individual or a small business like ours.  We are very happy with it and pleased to have made the investment necessary.</p>
<p>We are continually looking at ways to make our business operations less damaging to our environment. Our <a href="http://www.woodlandcoffee.ie"><strong>Woodland Coffee</strong></a> initiative gives our customers the opportunity to make small decisions that have a real and lasting impact on climate change, would you like to make a difference with us?</p>
<p>#onesmallchange #woodlandcoffee</p>
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		<title>Moving to Solar Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 10:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are really excited about getting solar panels installed on our building here in Citywest. We are putting in 64 panels measuring 1.5 square meters each that will generate over 23,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year.  This is about 70% of our yearly usage.  The electricity generated from the solar panels equates to a [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are really excited about getting solar panels installed on our building here in Citywest. We are putting in 64 panels measuring 1.5 square meters each that will generate over 23,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year.  This is about 70% of our yearly usage.  The electricity generated from the solar panels equates to a saving of about 9.8 tonnes of CO2 per year when compared to electricity generated using fossil fuels.</p>
<p>For the past number of years we have been sourcing our electricity from Airtricity, which is 100% wind generated electricity; so theoretically the installation of solar panels does not reduce our carbon footprint.  It does however reduce the requirement to generate electricity from fossil fuels elsewhere on our island as our lower usage from the electricity grid reduces the dependence on fossil fuel power generation, that’s a thought that makes us very happy!</p>
<p>At Watermark, we are continually looking at ways as to how we can make better quality decisions to reduce our impact on our environment.   Be it through our Woodland Coffee initiative, lowering the impact of waste from the coffee we sell or installing solar power. Each small decision makes a difference; <strong><em>Would you like to make a difference with us?</em></strong></p>
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