Warehousing

One of the greatest contributors to both CO₂ emissions and cost in running a warehouse is lighting. Following thorough research and an extensive trial, low energy and efficiency lighting is being rolled out at warehouses across the Group. To date energy savings of 50% are being achieved.

Many lights have motion sensors and employees are educated to turn off all other plant and office equipment, when they are not required.

Sustainable warehousing

Howard Tenens have sourced a sustainable warehouse at Dagenham for Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. The many sustainable attributes of this warehouse should culminate in savings of circa 121 tonnes of carbon per annum. These features include:

• Solar photovoltaic roof panels
• Sky-lights covering 15% of the roof
• Ground source heat pump
• Solar thermal collectors
• Rainwater harvesting
• Low water use appliances
• Sustainable building materials
• Landscaped yard featuring low provenance vegetation to promote biodiversity