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An Oakland cafe\u00a0designed to have a \u201czero\u201d carbon footprint<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Noble Cafe in Oakland serves coffee with a conscientious bent.” credit=”Kennejima\/Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Caitlin Esch<\/p>\n

Dimitri Thompson says he’s calculated every kilowatt his Noble Cafe<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>will use, from the motion-sensor-controlled, low-energy lighting system to his high-end Italian coffee machine. He’s pinned down the biggest electricity hogs in most cafes, “One: coffee machine, on all the time. Two: fridges, on all the time.”<\/p>\n

Thompson has a couple of standard restaurant fridges, but he\u2019ll use special cold packs for display goods that need to be kept cool.\u00a0He plans to buy his electricity from a wind and solar company\u00a0and has an on-site composting system.<\/p>\n

Thompson doesn’t stop there. He includes other factors like\u00a0how his employees get to work\u00a0and where his products come from to\u00a0estimate his total carbon footprint using a\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0designed to help businesses make that calculation. When all is said and done, Thompson says he will still need to make monthly payments to offset some of his carbon usage. He has chosen to funnel that cash into supporting Oakland\u2019s parks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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