{"id":6718,"date":"2021-04-22T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=6718"},"modified":"2021-04-27T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:42:24","slug":"life-time-pledges-to-further-cut-energy-consumption-and-single-use-plastic-products-in-new-5-year-sustainability-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/life-time-pledges-to-further-cut-energy-consumption-and-single-use-plastic-products-in-new-5-year-sustainability-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Time Pledges to Further Cut Energy Consumption and Single-Use Plastic Products in New 5-Year Sustainability Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-300x90.png\" alt=\"Life Time  - The Healthy Way Of Life Company\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-300x90.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time-200x60.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-Time.png 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Life Time  &#8211; The Healthy Way Of Life Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHANHASSEN, MN<\/strong> &#8211; In keeping with its healthy way of life commitment for the communities in which it operates, Life Time, one of the nation&#8217;s premier omnichannel healthy lifestyle brands, has announced a set of ambitious sustainability goals to further cut energy use and plastic products in its destinations across North America.<\/p>\n<p>Life Time, which has consistently upheld a long-standing devotion to make a positive impact on the planet and environment in which it operates, has pledged to meet the following 5-year goals, by April 2026:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce gas and electric consumption by another 20% and water consumption by another 40% with further investments into equipment efficiencies;<\/li>\n<li>Reduce the company&#8217;s plastics footprint across all locations and Life Time athletic events;<\/li>\n<li>Source locally grown produce in every one of its LifeCafe restaurants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These goals further grow upon Life Time&#8217;s previously achieved goals, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced electricity use by 35%, partly through the custom engineering of LED lamps that last longer and emit more light, which resulted in enough energy saved to power 15,100+ homes for a year;<\/li>\n<li>Reduced natural gas use by 15%, enough energy savings to charge 1.8 billion smartphones;<\/li>\n<li>Reduced water consumption by 10%, or 157 million gallons, by switching to low-flow showerheads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Life Time members and team members care about what we&#8217;re doing to protect the environment and help our communities, and it&#8217;s something I&#8217;m deeply passionate about as well,&#8221; Life Time Chairman, CEO and Founder Bahram Akradi says. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve made deliberate and sustainable choices to reduce our electricity, natural gas, water use \u2014 and now, plastics in our clubs and at our events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Life Time&#8217;s sustainability initiatives and for ways you can make a difference, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/lifetime.life\/sustainability\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lifetime.life\/sustainability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHANHASSEN, MN<\/strong> &#8211; In keeping with its healthy way of life commitment for the communities in which it operates, Life Time, one of the nation&#8217;s premier omnichannel healthy lifestyle brands, has announced a set of ambitious sustainability goals to further cut energy use and plastic products in its destinations across North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6719,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions\/6719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}