saving energy
Jan. 17th, 2020 08:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrsbrownWhen we design retail spaces we typically expect that the store will have a 20% occupancy, but that the lighting energy to the store will be designed to operate at 100% during opening hours. Wouldn't it be good if we could better match the number of people in a supermarket to the energy being provided to keep the store open?
I imagine that going to the supermarket could be a bit like riding in the Ghost Train at Luna Park. As you enter each section, it could light up. And you would have to wait until there are enough people to justify you starting the journey.
Although maybe the realistic version of that is using smaller stores for each of the supermarket sections - butcher, dry goods, fruiterer, deli etc. I wonder what's more energy efficient? The wholly lit supermarket behemoth, or multiple small stores that cover all of the stuff you buy at the supermarket?
I imagine that going to the supermarket could be a bit like riding in the Ghost Train at Luna Park. As you enter each section, it could light up. And you would have to wait until there are enough people to justify you starting the journey.
Although maybe the realistic version of that is using smaller stores for each of the supermarket sections - butcher, dry goods, fruiterer, deli etc. I wonder what's more energy efficient? The wholly lit supermarket behemoth, or multiple small stores that cover all of the stuff you buy at the supermarket?
