The Close the Door Campaign is asking retailers to conserve energy by keeping their front doors closed. In the UK, businesses spend about £1.6 billion on energy a year, 20% of it is wasted due to sloppy habits. If two-thirds of the nation's shops took part, the saving in carbon emissions would be the equivalent of taking more than 1.1 million cars off the road.
Retailers are being asked to close their doors and display the campaign sign, with answers to objections, like "it's too hot inside, the shop next door has an open door, and customers won't come in.", being backed up with scientific research.
Customers are encouraged to ask stores to join the campaign, speak to managers, support shops and restaurants displaying the logo (and boycott ones that won't), or to just close the door!
A study they commissioned found an average shop with its doors open emits 91kg of CO2 a week, if all retailers kept them shut UK energy usage could drop by 2.5%. Air curtains have little impact on emissions, being one of the biggest users of energy, typically consuming 24kWh a day.