My goal with these three specially-designed products is to make people look and feel beautiful,” says Phillips, CEO, worldPRODUCTS. “Canadians are making great efforts to reduce and conserve in their busy lives, and
the versatility of worldPRODUCTS allows them to indulge while also making a commitment to sustainability.
Grab a few girlfriends and get all gussied up at a truly earth-conscious salon like World Salon on Adelaide East. These guys not only specialize in amazing natural hair products and cosmetics, but they even wash your hair in water heated by the sun’s rays.
In 2007, worldSALON received a Certificate of Achievement from the Ontario Power Authority for reducing its energy consumption by more than 50% over a span of seven years.
In 2004, Cools Shops launched their season at worldSALON on July 7, 2004. In attendance at the news conference – the Honurable David Miller, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of the Environment, the Honorable Donna Caplan, Corey Diamond from Cool Shops and Brian Philips from worldSALON.
WorldSALON has installed 3 solar panels to heat its hot water. To date, worldSALON is the only salon in North America to use solar power to heat water. In the first year worldSALON saved over $600 on its gas bill and displaced over 2000 tons of Co2 emissions.
Thank you to Toronto Hydro for their help with the financing for this project, the government of Canada for the REDI rebate and to Corey Diamond from Cool Shops for his expertise and enthusiasm.
worldSALON became a member of Windshare, the windpower co-operative responsible for the wind turbine on Lakeshore Blvd. near Exhibition Place. One turbine of this size generates enough power for 250 homes.
worldSALON participated in a program offered by Greenest City, designed to help small businesses understand the impact that reducing energy consumption has on the quality of the air that we breathe. Shortly thereafter, worldSALON was the proud recipient of a certificate from Greenest City for lowering its energy consumption by 20%.