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Article: Sustainable clubbing: around the U.S., dance clubs are making green moves.(CURRENTS)
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- E Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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The average dance club uses 150,000 watts of electricity. And while we cant place the blame for global warming on the shoulders of their sweaty, dancing masses, these clubs could be doing more--reducing bottle and cup waste, conserving energy used for lights and sound and putting all that people power to good use. Clubs across America are responding to the call and stepping up their environmental commitment--some with technological innovations to rival the DJ's complex beat-mixing.
Temple Nightclub in San Francisco, California, opened in 2004 and boasts an 89% diversion rate of landfill waste. The nightclub, which is housed in a 100-year-old building, uses ...