Britain's greenest supermarket, Dartmouth
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The photograph on this page of Britain's greenest supermarket, Dartmouth by Derek Harper as part of the Geograph project.
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Britain's greenest supermarket, Dartmouth
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 23 Aug 2008
This new timber-framed store on the edge of Dartmouth opened on August 18th. "Sainsbury's claim that the new store in Devon will use 50 per cent less energy from the national grid and produce 40 per cent less CO2 than a normal store ... it uses rainwater to flush customer toilets and wind turbines to power its checkouts ... boasts 38 different energy-saving measures including a biomass boiler burning wood chips to provide heating, LED lights and solar powered fans". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/18/easupermarket118.xml
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Image Location
Latitude
50.347397
Longitude
-3.603748