You can dance the night away and be eco-friendly at these European nightclubs


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More and more nightclubs in Europe are rethinking their operations to become more eco-friendly. Photo: AFP

Glaswegian nightclub SWG3 has inaugurated a promising installation that can recycle the heat released by clubbers on the dance floor.

The technology, called "Bodyheat", captures the warmth given off by people in the venue using heat pumps installed around the club. It is then piped to boreholes where it can be stored for days, weeks or even months.

This new energy recycling system was inaugurated on Nov 7 at a party hosted by American DJ and activist Honey Dijon.

It could allow SWG3 to considerably reduce its energy consumption and save 70 tonnes of CO2 per year. And for good reason: the thermal energy emanating from the human body, on average, measures 100 and 120 watts. This is equivalent to the power consumption of a computer for one hour.

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