Ikea customers will see a different look when they shop and it plays off its 'Billy' bookcase
IKEA has announced it will add two major initiatives in an effort to meet its sustainability goals.
Earlier this month, Ikea revealed it will add multiple solar installations and renewable heating and cooling to some of its locations.
The project aims to increase onsite renewable energy, and energy efficiency, and eliminate the use of fossil fuels across its operations, per a press release.
Its solar installation project will add solar car parks, additional rooftop solar panels, and battery energy storage systems to seven IKEA stores in the nation.
Plus, the renewable heating and cooling project will replace and optimize existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in five US stores this year.
These solar projects are set to meet its goal of being fully powered by renewable energy.
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The renewable heating and cooling project is in line with growing its energy efficiency and goal of eliminating fossil fuels by 80 percent by 2030.
Mardi Ditze, country sustainability manager for the US Ikea said in a statement: “We are taking bold steps to reduce our climate footprint in the United States and become a climate-positive business by 2030.”
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The five locations to install newer energy efficiency HVAC centralized systems include Round Rock, Texas; Canton, Michigan; Draper, Utah; and Orlando and Tampa, Florida.
Additionally, the seven units in the second phase of the solar installation project are Ikea Brooklyn, Covina, New Haven, Paramus, Stoughton, Tempe, and the Ikea fulfillment facility in Tejon, California.
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However, Ikea Paramus was the first to feature its first-ever long-span carpark system maximizing the number of solar panels and covering the entire parking deck roof.
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In its annual sustainability report, Ikea revealed that it uses more renewable sources to build its furniture.
For example, its best-selling Billy bookcase was reimagined and redesigned to lower plastic use and move from using veneer to paper foil in its manufacturing.
Ikea also mentions it has expanded into sustainable lightbulbs.
The Solhetta LED bulb series launched just a year ago and said to be more energy efficient and more affordable than its previous LED bulbs.
In fact, the series now comes with more sizes, shapes, functions, and purposes allowing for use in more areas of the home.
While Ikea plans its sustainability future, it has also added an automatic surcharge for certain users.
Plus, Amazon is making a major delivery change to meet its sustainability goals.
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