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So often, it feels like in order to grab a quick meal you have to check your environmentally friendly ways at the door. However, for some lucky people in the town of Gurnee, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), they will soon have a far greener fast food option.
This fall the Chipotle Mexican Grill chain will be opening a location that will get a portion of its operating power from a six-kilowatt wind turbine that has been erected behind the restaurant. They've also used recycled drywall, recycled barn metal, LED lighting, high efficiency faucets and toilets, and Energy Star rated equipment in the store's construction. Check out more pictures of this store and its wind turbine in the gallery below.
This store (and we hope they mean to do more of this responsible construction), coupled with their commitment to buy locally and naturally raised meats means that there is finally a more sustainable choice when it comes to fast food. It also helps that their burritos are mighty fine eating.
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10-03-2008 @11:11PM Henry said... Interesting that "high efficiency faucet" actually means low efficiency faucet.
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10-06-2008 @10:47AM Jon said... The store will get "a portion" of its power from the turbine. What portion?
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10-06-2008 @10:48AM Marisa McClellan said... According to the press release I got, they'll be getting 10% of their power from the wind turbine. Admittedly, it's not much.
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10-14-2008 @6:28PM Anna Yeung said... I think that's a great idea. Even if they don't get that much power from their turbine, at least they're doing something, which is more than you can say from a lot of other places. The little things add up to a big difference. Good job, Chipotle!
Thanks for sharing, Marisa!
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