A University of Alberta researcher is calling on Canadian beer drinkers to go green and toss their energy-guzzling beer fridges, found in one of three households across the country.
“A reduction in the use of ‘beer fridges’ or a movement towards the use of
newer and smaller energy-efficient models in Canada would lead to lower levels of energy use in the residential sector and, in some regions, lower emissions of greenhouse gases,” says researcher Denise Young in the November issue of the journal Energy Policy. The study was commissioned by Natural Resources Canada.
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