Posts tagged ‘electricity’
Protecting the environment across the pond
A Bloomberg story about U.K. retailers using food waste as an alternative fuel got us thinking. Our retailer, Asda, is mentioned specifically for sending expired meat and bread to bioenergy sites that convert the waste into electricity. But diverting food waste is just one of the company’s activities that help reduce costs as well as environmental impact. Continue reading
June 11, 2012 Walmart Green Room Leave a comment
Building a renewable energy strategy, one block at a time
Marty Gilbert walks along an installation of ground-based solar panels.
When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my family. The schedule at our house revolves around our two boys – Jake, 14, and Harrison, 10. In the last three years, as I’ve gotten more deeply involved in helping Walmart find ways to use renewable energy, I’ve been more aware of how what I do at work can help contribute to a better world for Jake and Harrison for years to come. Continue reading
April 13, 2012 Marty Gilbert 1 comment
A cool idea in freezer efficiency
In 2005, we partnered with General Electric to create and install our first LED freezer case lights at a Walmart in McKinney, Texas. They used 70 percent less energy and generated significantly less heat, which is important in a refrigerator. Seven years later, LED freezer case lighting is the standard in all new Walmart facilities around the globe and is becoming the industry norm for refrigerated food cases. Continue reading
April 5, 2012 Walmart Green Room 2 comments
Lighting the way with LED
This Neighborhood Market in Wichita, Kan., is illuminated almost entirely by LED.
Drop in to our new stores in Wichita, Kan., and you can be part of our experiment. In October, we opened two Neighborhood Markets that were identical – except that one is lighted almost entirely by LED. Continue reading
March 28, 2012 Ralph Williams 1 comment
Carbon counting time
Wind power at Sam’s Club in Palmdale, Calif.
It’s that time of year again. With video conferencing technology, we’ve just met with our global peers and counterparts in Energy, Construction and Maintenance from all our markets around the world to kick off our annual greenhouse gas (GHG) data gathering process. Continue reading
March 20, 2012 Greg Trimble Leave a comment
‘Leading the charge in sustainability’
Solar panels on a Walmart in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
When it comes to sustainability, we believe in going big and setting ambitious goals that we are committed to attaining, even if we don’t immediately know how we’ll get there.
That’s just what happened in 2005 when we vowed to be supplied by 100 percent renewable energy. Continue reading
March 2, 2012 Andrea Thomas 13 comments
