A few weeks ago, one of our field organizers met Kelly Deardorff-Palumbo, owner of the Halo Hair Salon in Shiremanstown, just a few minutes from Harrisburg. Deardorff-Palumbo is using clean energy and protecting the climate all while ensuring her customers look fabulous.
Halo Hair Design is setting an environmental example by treating its customers' with organic and nontoxic products, hair reusing furniture and flooring from a previous tenant of its location, and making plans to invest in solar energy in 2010.
“We have remodeled completely to our needs, green and eco-friendly and are trying to make a small difference just by changing things,” Deardorff-Palumbo said.
Halo Hair Design also reduces its energy consumption and costs by maximizing usage of natural light supplemented by energy-efficient light bulbs in every fixture. Palumbo is currently making plans to conduct an energy audit and to install solar panels to make her business more energy independent.
Repower Pennsylvania is highlighting small businesses that are making the transition now to more sustainable practices that are better for the environment and improve the bottom line in the long-run.
And check out Deardorff-Palumbo's video from the Repower Wall, filmed in front of a shelf of her environmentally and financially friendly hair care products:
Halo Hair Design is making a difference one way or another. Hopefully deciding to make a change to there business to become more environmentally friendly, will be a great benefit to their customers as well as the business. Choosing to have the energy audit will ensure the key areas of consuming energy is in place. You can find it is an easy procedure. Many choose the do-it- yourself route. There are many courses available for you to gain the knowledge to become an energy auditor. You can apply your new skills and knowledge of energy auditing against your current field or new career path. Great job to Halo Hair Design once again for making the efforts to be energy efficient.
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