Retail Grocery Energy & Environmental Challenges

Supermarket Energy Sustainability Solutions
Delivering Best Results

Challenges to Sustainability
The business challenges faced by supermarkets
today have taken on a degree of complexity & importance that impact overall business sustainability.
Maintain competitive advantage
Increase brand value/equity
Develop solutions for differentiation/innovation
Meet looming compliance and regulatory mandates
Manage the cost volatility of energy

Supermarket Energy Use-Challenges
Volatile energy prices
New and emerging energy utilization & supply technologies
Growing pressures to achieve carbon reduction
Rapidly developing greenhouse gas emissions regulatory & reporting requirements

Supermarket Energy Use-Opportunities
Supermarkets are energy intensive buildings
EPA estimates $1 savings = $59 sales
Many opportunities exist to find savings
Refrigeration & HVAC alone – 70% of energy consumed
Myriad of government incentives available
Represent $MM’s of untapped financial benefits

Supermarket Energy Profile
The median supermarket uses approx. 190,000 Btu/sq. ft or 57 ekWh/sq. ft

Top Performers – Best in Class*
Research shows that ‘best in class’ supermarkets include active energy management as a core activity and see the greatest decrease in energy costs
* Source Aberdeen Group – Getting from Green to Gold, June 2008

Where’s the Opportunity?
Management of Risks
Reduced vulnerability to energy price fluctuations
Reducing a facility’s total energy consumption can soften the impact of energy price fluctuations
Prepare for regulatory change
Ensuring the timing, validity and the auditability of energy and environmental data

Reduced Costs
Increased profits
A 10% reduction in energy costs can increase net profit by over 15%
Reduced shrinkage
Upgrades to refrigeration systems can reduce shrinkage of perishable goods while also saving on energy bills

Enhanced Reputation
Increased sales
Improving the energy efficiency of a building thru lighting improvements can attract and retain more customers, leading to an increase in sales
Enhanced public image
Demonstrate responsible environmental stewardship thru operational improvement and building upgrades to be more energy efficient

How do I capture these opportunities?
Follow our proven approach to energy efficiency management:
Phase 1 – Corporate Assessment
Evaluate goals, policies, challenges and opportunities
Phase 2 – Data Collection & Benchmarking
Establish a baseline of energy data
Phase 3 – Identification of Opportunities
Identify energy measures, energy use priorities & energy savings
Phase 4 – Pilot Store Test
Implement energy solutions on sample facilities
Phase 5 - Implement solutions corporate wide
Phase 6 – Monitor & Verify

Driving Results
Following the six proven steps will drive results such as:
Generating over 10% annual savings in energy costs (multiple energy incentives are available to help reduce capital costs)
Increasing brand value and corporate public image
Reducing risks from volatile prices

Thank You
About Energy Advantage
Energy Advantage provides total energy management solutions to our customers’ sustainability challenges, delivering them ‘best results’ in managing their risks, reducing their costs, and enhancing their reputation within the markets and communities they serve. Our company is fully independent from energy commodity and equipment suppliers. We sit with our customers on their side of the table, providing objectivity in seeking and developing the best solutions to their energy and environmental challenges. With a depth of expertise in the energy and energy related environmental areas, we have been providing notable North American organizations with effective energy management solutions for over 12 years.
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Retail Grocery Energy & Environmental Challenges

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