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If you spend more than about $1 million a year on energy, your potential savings are big enough to make this worth your time.
If you operate more than about 20 stores, your energy-management challenges are complex enough that you’ll welcome these ideas, specifically aimed at multisite retailers.
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FRESH & EASY CUSTOMER STORY
Fresh & Easy neighborhood-sized stores are easily accessible and offer everything from fresh and wholesome food choices, to everyday staples. Their own line of fresh prepared meals and organic items make quick eating easy and affordable. They like to keep things simple. Offered at budget prices, their own Fresh & Easy branded products are made without harmful ingredients.
Fresh & Easy Makes It a Priority to Reduce Their Impact on the Environment
Fresh & Easy is proud to be one of just a few companies selected as a pilot member of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Volume Certification Program. They are working to make sure their stores live up to high environmental standards. They are members of the California Climate Action Registry which is California’s voluntary registry for greenhouse gas emissions and the Climate Registry, a group that standardized the measurement for greenhouse gas emissions across North America.
Fresh & Easy has been able to maintain the lowest maintenance cost per location as well as post energy use of 33 kWh/ft2, compared to the industry average of 51.3 kWh/ft2 (according to Edison Electric institute). Reducing their impact on the environment is very important to Fresh & Easy. They have made efforts to be as sustainable in their operations. From recycling, to energy efficient buildings, to solar panels, they aim to be a global-leader for eco-friendly initiatives.
Solution Summary:
Fresh & Easy is a grocery retailer building and opening 125 new stores in across multiple regions in Arizona, Nevada and California since late 2007. Fresh & Easy continues to open new stores today and to continually enhance the energy efficiency of current operations.
Fresh & Easy reports energy consumption that is 35 percent lower compared to the industry average per square foot of retail space. After implementing Verisae solutions, their lower-than-industry energy usage provided to a total recurring annual cost savings of over $3,000,000 million dollars.
Fresh & Easy's innovative store designs work in concert with energy management solutions from Verisae.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), average customers implementing energy management systems find a 10% to 13% reduction in facility energy spend due to increased information and business process improvement. An average building uses 3 million kwhs per year times a 10% reduction equals 30,000 kwh at 0.09 per kwh. At $2,700 per store times 125 stores equals $337,500 annual savings.
Combined with improved energy efficient building designs, Fresh & Easy is now able to operate 35% lower than industry average. Regardless of the number of stores, customers will save in energy costs simply by making energy usage “visible” through the use of Verisae products.
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