Following exhaustive research into how Dandenong Pavilion can reduce its carbon footprint on the planet, we have finally arrived at a meaningful and worthwhile solution. From around January 2020, Dandenong Pavilion will install as many high quality solar panels on its roof as the structure will allow. The design allows for 150 x 380 watt panels within a 57Kw structure, and we are delighted to learn that this initiative will remove 82,014 Kilograms of gas emissions from the environment each year. This is, we understand, no mean achievement.
Waste is a major issue at Dandenong Pavilion, given the volume of glassware, bottles, plastic, cardboard and paper that we generate. Accordingly, and from the outset, we have regular recycling bins that are collected (at our cost) weekly, thereby allowing us to recycle a huge amount of potential landfill.
Other environmentally sensitive initiatives employed at Dandenong Pavilion include all of the following: All our menus, serviettes, take-away bags and office needs use recycled paper; All our lighting uses certified LED lighting, thereby reducing emissions; We use only biodegradable cleaning products, and we use a substantial amount of these each week; We have installed a massive outdoor water storage tank and plumbed this to the roof drainage system, allowing us to harvest many litres of rain water which we use for dish washing, toilets and hosing down the kitchen floors every night; We ensured that our entrance has two sets of double doors, primarily to retain the cooling in summer and the heat in winter; We installed security screens on some of the widows, which also serve to act as heat repellent when closed.
