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Office Depot Delighted With Savings Through Energy Efficiency
An office supply and services company with branches worldwide, Office Depot, recently unveiled a prototype energy efficient store in Austin, Texas, that has proved energy efficiency measures will save money and reduce carbon emissions.
Overall, the Austin store is 15 percent more energy efficient (per square foot) than the other Office Depot retail locations in the city.
The store also achieved a 23 percent reduction in carbon emissions per square foot through energy efficiency efforts.
The experiment has proved such a success that Office Depot are scheduling 14 new store locations to be built to LEED for Commercial Interiors standards ((Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) throughout this coming year.
“The energy savings realized at our first Austin store location has been even greater than what we had originally expected,” said Edward Costa, Vice President of Construction for Office Depot.
“We intend to continue to make our stores as energy efficient and cost efficient as possible.”
The stores will use energy-efficient lighting, which Office Depot state is 30 percent more efficient than typical retail lighting and will contribute to over 20 percent reduction in energy use.
The stores also will use daylight and occupancy sensors to manage lighting to reduce energy use.
The savings have been so successful that the company will now roll out energy efficient measures at even more of their branches.
Tuesday 23rd February 2010
