2015年11月26日星期四

retailers are viewed as leaders in environmental stewardship

In addition, advanced systems contribute valuable points toward U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Retail certification. It consists of two separate rating systems, which are LEED for Retail: New Construction and LEED for Retail: Commercial Interiors. Both were developed by the USGBC to specifically address the unique nature of a retail facility. By improving the sustainability of their properties and reducing their carbon footprints, retailers are viewed as leaders in environmental stewardship and as better neighbors, which also serves to positively impact a store’s overall profitability.

The first step for retailers to gain control of their lighting energy use and expenditures is to have a vendor complete a lighting audit. Through an audit, the vendor can identify the “low-hanging” fruit in terms of efficiency and detail how a pilot program on strategic areas would demonstrate potential energy savings and reinforce the findings of an audit.

Art Van Furniture, Michigan's largest furniture retailer and America's largest independent furniture retailer, has executed a plan to replace 38,000 incandescent lamps with LED throughout the 34 Art Van showrooms in Michigan to save energy. And these savings led DTE Energy and the Engineering Society of Detroit to honor it for its trailblazing efforts.

The switch from incandescent to LED will save 63 watts of energy per lamp. Moreover, the new lamps have a maximum temperature of only 85 degrees. The traditional, incandescent lamps reach temperatures of more than 200 degrees. This means that Art Van will also be cutting costs by reducing the heat load in their showrooms with the new lighting system.

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