The Green Wal-Marts Are Here
According to the Chicago Tribune, Wal-Mart is opening an eco-friendly store in Romeoville, Illinois later this month. It will be the first of several new stores that will test their new green policies.
Some of the biggest savings come from reclaiming so-called waste heat from the refrigeration equipment that keeps groceries cold. The stores also have a new system for keeping refrigerated food cold that lowers the use of refrigerant by 90 percent and in turn reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Sounds like a good first step. Which is good for them, seeing as Wal-Mart is believed to be the largest private user of electricity in the U.S.
Via Consumerist.
Other whistles and bells include motion-sensitive light-emitting diodes (LED) in refrigerator and freezer cases that turn on only when a shopper walks by, doors in the meat and dairy refrigerated sections instead of open refrigerator shelves, a white roof that keeps the building cool in summer and roughly 200 skylights that allow electric lights to go down when the sun comes out.
Nathan was thinking green at 11:21 AM on January 16, 2008
Comments are sorta kinda broken right now. We're working on it but to save energy can only work in daytime when solar system is at peak performance.
