Wal-Mart Receives Award from Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer
When we first started EcoSherpa, one of the first articles to appear on the site was about Wal-Mart and their eco-initiatives. It appears that Wal-Mart is coming through with some of their promises. Peter Love, Ontario’s first Chief Energy Conservation Officer, awarded his prestigious Certificate of Recognition to Mario Pilozzi, President and CEO of Wal-Mart Canada Corp. today, for the company’s outstanding corporate contribution to energy efficiency and electricity conservation. The company received accolades for saving electricity and reducing greenhouse gas emission.
Wal-Mart’s Initiatives:
Centralized control of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting systems, coupled with high-efficiency equipment, produced results that are 20 per cent to 30 per cent more energy-efficient than the Canadian average for non-food retail outlets.
A “two-thirds” lighting program in 2006, during which the company reduced in-store lighting in Ontario stores by 33 per cent, resulted in Wal-Mart reducing its electricity consumption by 6,000 Mega-Watt hours (MWh), enough to power 500 homes for one
year.Other Initiatives:
• Wal-Mart has purchased almost 14,000 MWh of Green Power in British Columbia, since 2005, equivalent 25 per cent of the company’s provincial consumption.
• 2006 Wal-Mart expanded its Green Power purchasing program to Ontario, signing a three-year commitment with Bullfrog Power to purchase 39,000 MWh of renewably generated energy, offsetting almost 12,000 tons of CO(2). This remains the province’s largest-ever commercial purchase of Green Power.
• Wal-Mart has also been an active participant in the “Every Kilowatt Counts” campaigns, selling hundreds of thousands of compact fluorescent light bulbs
It is great to see Wal-Mart keeping their eco-promises. I hope Wal-Mart’s successful eco initiatives will encourage other “big box” retailers to adopt sustainable practices.
To learn about the Conservation Bureau, visit their website.
To read press release go here.
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Written by steve on November 13th, 2006 with
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