We’ve incorporated the latest fluorescent technologies in our new store designs with up to a 50 percent lighting energy savings over stores with older designs. We are currently retrofitting existing stores with state-of-the-art metal halide* fixture components to improve lighting quality and generate up to 50 percent lighting energy reduction. Our Energy Management System (EMS) controls the store lighting and turns off non-essential lighting during unoccupied hours adding to the energy savings.

*Halide lamps produce a high light output for their size, making them a compact and powerful light source.

We are implementing Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology for freezer and cooler applications that can reduce energy usage by 50 to 80 percent. For the sales floor cases, we have paired Occupancy Sensors with the LED fixtures to turn the lights off when the aisle is unoccupied. Behind the scenes, we use LED technology to illuminate our walk-in cooler and freezers.

Our track lighting is being redesigned to use new high-efficiency lamps and gain up to a 70 percent energy savings.