Adros Energy is proud to work with the management and staff to help the brewery and grille lead NH in sustainable business practices.
FROM THE FLYING GOOSE NEWSLETTER:
It's time to be Green!
The modern era of sustainable practice is beginning to emerge as a prominent feature of business worldwide. Owners and members of the management team here at The Flying Goose Brew Pub have decided that is our time to take action! Our project began with an idea of implementing renewable energy to help become more environmentally friendly; however, along the way this project has become much more. Our first stage completed was a "weatherization" of our building that enabled us to become 30% more efficient which significantly reduced our fossil fuel dependence.
Our next focus has been on a customized geothermal and solar photovoltaic (PV) solution to generate heating, cooling, and electricity to alternatively power our establishment. A geothermal unit has the potential to power all the heating and cooling demands of our restaurant, along with the Solar Array powering up to 20% of our annual electricity usage. Along with plans of placing solar PV panels in the field behind the restaurant, we will also be placing solar thermal panels on the roof. Solar thermal energy is used to heat hot water, and is becoming a widely used renewable energy source in breweries and wineries worldwide because of its high efficiency.
We have learned through our research in developing an environmentally friendly restaurant that, not all sustainable practice must come from large investments like a solar array. Therefore, we have begun taking immediate, smaller steps to reduce our impact on the environment, on an equally important scale. Actions taken thus far include replacing our plastic "to go" containers to those made from recycled and biodegradable materials. From this point we would like to continue to take steps such as this, and eventually replace all our disposable products (straws, napkins, menus, etc.) with products that are eco-friendly. We are also planning to replace all of our cleaning products with green cleaners, this will give us more confidence that chemicals that we use in the restaurant are not helping pollute our environment.
We are moving forward with our initiative and encourage you to ask our staff if you have any questions, or would like to hear more. Stay tuned to hear more about our status in our green initiative!
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