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The CENTAMETER is an innovative new electronic device, which measures the electricity being used and displays the cost per hour on a portable display located inside your home or business.

AK Zoo slashes energy and waste

Sunday, June 08, 2008
Auckland Zoo is meeting the unusual green challenges of keeping animals such as sea lions and orang-utans.

The zoo - a big water and electricity user that once sent all its rubbish to landfill - has set goals since 2001 to improve its environmental performance.

Among new initiatives already proving their worth has been the installation of new systems to reduce power consumption of the sea lion and penguin enclosure.

Tess Doogue, the zoo's environmental co-ordinator, said the exhibit used to suck up nearly all the power coming into the zoo to create a mini-ocean environment involving cooling, pumping and injector systems.

The water required refrigeration to keep the temperature constant with filtering and cleaning needs.

After an energy audit and expert advice, pipes were insulated and specialised equipment installed to make better use of the electricity, only now accounting for about half the zoo's energy consumption.
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