| | December 2002 > Japanese Convenience Stores Plug Into Energy Savings | NACS Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | TAIWAN -- Five convenience store retailers operating in Japan are slated to invest in an energy-saving program in order to decrease carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 percent. |
 | | According to Nihon Keizai Shimbun, FamilyMart, Circle K Japan, Sunkus, Ministop and Three F will begin installing energy-efficient equipment at some 14,000 stores in late 2003. |
 | | The companies will also use special gas turbines, solar panels and air-conditioning units that automatically adjust depending on the number of customers shopping in the stores with the goal of cutting their energy costs by 45 percent. |
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