Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
Ok I understand the first one, number of housing and subsiquent power usage far outweighs number of shops but the second confuses me.
Also it doesnt really help much seeing as these 9-5 shops have thier lights on at full blast, all night, for no apparant reason, the only one I could think of is attracting attention for advertisment purposes and that really becomes moot after midnight.
I was thinking in terms of what construction techniques were used, is there insulation in the walls or the copper tank, did they follow good plans for natural light etc etc. Is it of brick, block or even massed concrete construction they all have different energy needs to run as a building.

I agree it is annoying to see lights on all night but then your coming to a situtation of work out for energy in, is the energy used properly and has it been used in a way that paid for itself. (efficiently)