Supermarkets face complex sustainability challenges such as volatile energy prices, regulatory mandates, and the need to reduce carbon emissions, yet opportunities exist for significant energy savings. Implementing a structured energy efficiency management approach can lead to reduced costs, increased profits, and enhanced reputation by better managing energy use. Energy Advantage provides solutions to help supermarkets manage these challenges effectively, aiming for significant energy cost reductions and improved operational efficiency.

1. Supermarket Energy Sustainability SolutionsDelivering Best Results

2. Challenges to SustainabilityThe business challenges faced by supermarketstoday have taken on a degree of complexity & importance that impact overall business sustainability.Maintain competitive advantage

3. Increase brand value/equity

4. Develop solutions for differentiation/innovation

5. Meet looming compliance and regulatory mandates

6. Manage the cost volatility of energySupermarket Energy Use-ChallengesVolatile energy pricesNew and emerging energy utilization & supply technologiesGrowing pressures to achieve carbon reductionRapidly developing greenhouse gas emissions regulatory & reporting requirements

7. Supermarket Energy Use-OpportunitiesSupermarkets are energy intensive buildingsEPA estimates $1 savings = $59 salesMany opportunities exist to find savingsRefrigeration & HVAC alone – 70% of energy consumedMyriad of government incentives availableRepresent $MM’s of untapped financial benefitsSupermarket Energy Profile The median supermarket uses approx. 190,000 Btu/sq. ft or 57 ekWh/sq. ft

8. 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

9. Where’s the Opportunity?Management of RisksReduced vulnerability to energy price fluctuationsReducing a facility’s total energy consumption can soften the impact of energy price fluctuationsPrepare for regulatory changeEnsuring the timing, validity and the auditability of energy and environmental data

10. Where’s the Opportunity?Reduced CostsIncreased profitsA 10% reduction in energy costs can increase net profit by over 15%Reduced shrinkageUpgrades to refrigeration systems can reduce shrinkage of perishable goods while also saving on energy bills

11. Where’s the Opportunity?Enhanced ReputationIncreased salesImproving the energy efficiency of a building thru lighting improvements can attract and retain more customers, leading to an increase in salesEnhanced public imageDemonstrate responsible environmental stewardship thru operational improvement and building upgrades to be more energy efficient

12. How do I capture these opportunities?Follow our proven approach to energy efficiency management:Phase 1 – Corporate Assessment Evaluate goals, policies, challenges and opportunitiesPhase 2 – Data Collection & BenchmarkingEstablish a baseline of energy dataPhase 3 – Identification of OpportunitiesIdentify energy measures, energy use priorities & energy savingsPhase 4 – Pilot Store Test Implement energy solutions on sample facilitiesPhase 5 - Implement solutions corporate widePhase 6 – Monitor & Verify

13. Driving ResultsFollowing 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 imageReducing risks from volatile prices

14. Thank YouAbout Energy AdvantageEnergy 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.www.energyadvantage.comLook for us at Food Marketing Institute’s Energy & Technical Services Conference