New York City Department of Consumer Affairs inspectors made headlines during the recent heatwave that swept through the Northeast by handing out fines to stores that placed an increased burden on the electrical grid by blasting their air-conditioners and then leaving front doors open in an effort to draw customers out of the hundred-degree heat and into the cool.

Last week, I walked past several similar stores – that the inspectors must have missed because their doors were wide open and the bought air was flooding the street – and could not help but wonder how, in an era of growing environmental awareness and in a struggling economic climate, store owners could possibly justify paying to cool their stores and the steamy streets of Manhattan (when closed doors and a large “OPEN” poster would probably draw a comparable number of customers). Perhaps the 100+ degree heat went to the heads of normally rational people?

There is an obvious environmental, money-saving lesson here: Don’t let the bought air out!

Source: Pays to Live Green

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