Sunday, September 23, 2012

Environment and Efficiency

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On the roof of Shoppers Stop's first department store in the suburbs of Mumbai, a green initiative is underway in the form of solar panels feeding power to the store. "The company is trying to rework power consumption as mall owners and retailers will have to pay 12.5% service tax on electricity with effect from July this year according to a recent government notification,"
Dubai-based Landmark Group's departmental store chain Lifestyle, for example, plans to install energy saving lighting systems in its stores.
Mumbai-based Oberoi Mall is mulling various alternative fuel options. "Even water consumption is taxed. Hence, we started rain-water harvesting which has cut costs significantly," Nirzar Jain, vice-president at Oberoi Mall, says. 

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