Irish firm Energia has cut carbon and costs for Pettitts with 'Cash for Kilowatts' scheme.

Energia identified significant savings that could be made from an upgrade to the lighting and refrigeration systems at Pettitts group's stores.

Over 2,000 fluorescent lights were replaced with energy efficient LED lights in the Pettitts Gorey, Pettitts Arklow and Pettitts Supervalu – Wexford stores.

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The fridges in Pettitts The Quay in Wexford and Pettitts Arklow were also upgraded.

The changes have reduced Pettitts annual electricity use by roughly 1,000,000kWhs, cutting their carbon footprint by 480 tonnes of CO2 and generating yearly cost savings of almost €140,000.

The work was carried out under Energia's 'Cash for Kilowatts' scheme that provides grant funding to companies for energy efficiency projects. It means that any company spending more than €5,000 on an energy efficiency project can qualify for grant funding of up to 30% of the project value.

(CD/LM)