Green it!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Lawrence’s newest bar, Wilde’s Chateau 24, is making several moves toward being environmentally friendly. Will Bohne, a manager of Chateau, 2412 Iowa Street, says he makes two trips a week to Wal-Mart to recycle about 150 pounds worth of cardboard, plastic and glass. All remaining trash is thrown out in one bag. The bar conserves energy by using low-energy lights, candles and dimmers switches for all lighting. Even the outside decorative lights are solar powered.

“We can’t do everything but at least we are doing something,” says Kate Giessel, Chateau public relations representative.

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Setting the mood: Wilde’s Chateau 24 uses low-energy lights, candles and dimmers for a more eco-friendly bar.

The incentives for bars are not only environmental but economic. “I don’t know why there isn’t more of a rush to be doing these kinds of things because it is so practical,” says Dave Boulter, Chateau owner. He is also the owner of Henry’s, 11 East Eighth Street, where cardboard and plastic are recycled.

Joe Dougherty, employee at the Sandbar, 17 East Eighth Street, agrees downtown bars face additional obstacles to recycle for these reasons. He says the bar recycles everything it can and would recycle more, such as glass, if the dumpsters were provided.

Tina Baker, manager at the Red Lyon, 944 Massachusetts Street, says most downtown businesses recycle cardboard because dumpsters are provided. Also, the Sandbar has an energy efficient air system that circulates outside air in to cool down the bar when it is busy in the winter instead of using air conditioning.

Frustrating to businesses is the cost of many environmental technologies, such as solar power. Boulter says he was looking into LED solar lights for Chateau but they are not economically viable right now. “We are happy to do what we can do,” he says, “but we have to keep it in perspective.”

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