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April 15, 2013
Renewable energy usage a competitive advantage for Walmart

Walmart is eyeing greater energy efficiency and less reliance on fossil fuels as key drivers of its low cost, low price business model.

October 25, 2012
Taking Energy Management to the Next Level

Energy conservation remains a key priority for retailers as several factors, including new power plant regulations, threaten to increase volatility in the electricity market. Along with being a significant cost driver, energy management advances environmental goals. Indeed, it is typically the most cost-effective activity a retailer can undertake to become more sustainable, according to Marcus Boerkei, general manager of Siemens Retail & Commercial Systems, who spoke with Chain Store Age about how retailers can reduce their energy use.

September 25, 2012
Whole Foods Market awarded EPA Green Power Leadership award

Whole Foods Market said it has received a 2012 Green Power Leadership Award for sustained excellence from the Environmental Protection Agency for its renewable energy purchase of 800 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) last year.

July 3, 2012
Johnson Controls survey: Energy savings and incentives driving investment decisions

Energy cost savings, government/utility incentives and rebates, and enhanced brand or public image ranked as the top drivers of energy-efficiency decision-making in the United States and Canada, according to a global survey of building owners and operators and facility managers by Johnson Controls.

June 15, 2012
Lord & Taylor in wind energy agreement with Green Mountain Energy

Green Mountain Energy announced that Lord & Taylor is purchasing 100% wind energy for seven of its stores in New Jersey.

October 27, 2011
Panera Bread on EPA’s list of top green power purchasers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Panera Bread’s 35 Maryland locations are on EPA's list of top green power purchasers among retailers.

September 27, 2011
Harnessing Solar Power

When it comes to managing energy use, more and more retailers are looking to the sun — and are generating electricity on-site through solar roof panel installations designed to increase efficiencies and utilize a proven green power option. Chain Store Age talked with Michael Walker, director, commercial product management and marketing for Lennox Industries, about the growing retail movement toward solar power and how Lennox is leveraging the interest.


September 14, 2011
J.C. Penney’s new Dallas store reflects chain’s commitment to energy

J.C. Penney Co. will unveil the newest iteration of its store model with the opening of its new Dallas store in the TimberCreek Crossing shopping center on Sept. 30.

June 20, 2011
Vital Information

Information is power, particularly when it comes to energy consumption. Just ask Deneice Marshall, director of retail services for Brookshire Brothers Food & Pharmacy. The Lufkin, Texas-based chain receives a detailed analysis of its energy use each month via meter data reports. The reports summarize energy consumption for both Brookshire’s entire supermarket portfolio and each individual site. 


Brookshire receives the monthly, easy-to-interpret reports from Novar, Cleveland, whose sub-meters are installed in the company’s 73 supermarkets. 


February 10, 2011
Stop & Shop debuts fuel cell technology

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. announced it is using fuel cell technology, at its store in East Torrington, Conn.

February 4, 2011
Kohl’s leads retailers in EPA Green Power list

Kohl’s Corp. ranked second on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership’s latest ranking of the Top 50 partners using the most renewable electricity.

August 31, 2010
Taking Control of Energy Use

Reducing energy use...

July 8, 2010
Reduced energy use key to Best Buy’s sustainability efforts

Best Buy reduced greenhouse gas emissions in its U.S. store operations by 14.8% in fiscal...

June 16, 2010
Web Exclusive: Burger King goes green in Germany

Burger King Corp. has gone green in Germany, with the opening of an energy-efficient...

June 9, 2010
Mixed-use project installs 400kW fuel cell

Nonprofit environmental organization Fuel Cells 2000 said Wednesday that Connecticut has just made green history...

May 26, 2010
Kohl’s recognized for efforts to promote clean air

Kohl’s Department Stores received the Gregg Cooke Visionary Program Award at the U.S. Environmental Protection...

January 25, 2010
Kohl’s achieves 100% green power

Kohl’s Department Stores announced Tuesday that the company has purchased enough green power to meet...

October 18, 2009
Survey: Real estate investment less impacted by climate change in downturn

A report released Monday by the Urban Land Institute has found that the ongoing downturn...

October 15, 2009
Webinar attendance reflects growing interest in solar energy

As interest in sustainability grows, more retail customers are investigating options to utilize renewable energy...

October 12, 2009
McQuade's Marketplace goes solar in Connecticut

Independent grocer McQuade's Marketplace has installed a solar electric system in its Mystic, Conn., store....

November 20, 2008
Nike, Starbucks Join New Environmental Business Coalition

Nike, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems, Levi Strauss & Co. and The Timberland Co. have partnered with...

November 19, 2008
Wal-Mart Commits to Renewable Wind Power

Wal-Mart Stores said Thursday that it will make its first substantial purchase of wind energy...

October 21, 2008
Safeway Launches Solar Initiative

Safeway Inc. Wednesday announced a new environmental project to power 23 California stores with renewable...

October 8, 2008
New Federal Tax Incentives for Geothermal Systems

(Oct. 8) Commercial (and residential) building owners who install geothermal heating and cooling systems are...

August 31, 2008
Cutting Energy Use in Existing Assets

Maximizing energy usage in existing stores was among the issues highlighted in ...

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