Cayman Time » Green http://blog.thereef.com Cayman Blog from The Reef Resort in Grand Cayman Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:40:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Electric Cars in Grand Cayman?! http://blog.thereef.com/2011/06/electric-cars-in-grand-cayman/ http://blog.thereef.com/2011/06/electric-cars-in-grand-cayman/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:02:41 +0000 Caymangirl http://blog.thereef.com/?p=1291 YES, that’s right, the next time you are in Grand Cayman, you may very well be driving an electric car! Yesterday, the first solar panel charging station was unveiled at Governors Square, Grand Cayman, and theReef is please to announce that we have signed up to be one of the charging station locations too!

Image courtesy of Caymanian Compass

Image courtesy of Caymanian Compass

 

 

The man behind the drive for electric vehicles in Cayman (no pun intended!), is Mr. John Felder. Mr. Felder has been working on this project in Cayman for six years and earlier this year he sold the first electric vehicle, a Chevy Volt, to Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC). These charging stations are the first of its kind in the Caribbean and theReef is very proud to support this innovative green movement.

At the moment 14 solar panel chargers are planned for Grand Cayman, including the station at theReef. The chargers have wind-resistant solar panels which will form a canopy over the car (bonus your car is kept shaded too). Surplus energy will also be fed back into Cayman’s national grid.

You can read more about Mr. John Felder’s plans for electric cars in Cayman here.

]]> http://blog.thereef.com/2011/06/electric-cars-in-grand-cayman/feed/ 0 Ms Green and goings on at The Reef http://blog.thereef.com/2009/06/ms-green-and-goings-on-at-the-reef/ http://blog.thereef.com/2009/06/ms-green-and-goings-on-at-the-reef/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:36:04 +0000 Ms Green http://blog.thereef.com/2009/06/ms-green-and-goings-on-at-the-reef/ The Reef now has its very own eco-consultant. Ms Green is co-ordinating exciting, environmentally friendly projects and is working hard to ensure that the resort suceeds in its quest to be an ecologically responsible host.

First things first! We have begun composting our kitchen and grounds refuse on site, thus dramatically reducing our garbage output and creating our own wonderful fertilizer.

Last night we played host to Bradley Johnson of the DOE who came to talk to East End divemasters about the lion fish invasion and train them in capturing techniques. http://www.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=1142,4332603&_dad=portal&_schema=portal

Watch this space for updates and news! If you have any comments or ideas please contact Ms Green at msgreen@caymaniac.ky.

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