SUPERVALU – Albertson’s Door Retrofit
September 25, 2017
SOURCE PERFORMS DOOR RETROFITS IN 100 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALBERTSON’S STORES
As part of an aggressive energy savings campaign, SUPERVALU’s Albertson’s chain decided to invest in an extensive door retrofit program in 100 of its Southern California stores.
“While it represented a huge undertaking to retrofit 100 of our stores, we simply couldn’t ignore the future energy and cost savings potential,” says Richard Heath, SUPERVALU’s Director of Energy Innovations and Projects. “One of our biggest challenges was minimizing the disruption of store operations. We understood the importance of working with a vendor that provides a turnkey solution because a single point of contact in an extensive project like this helps ensure consistency and control. This is why we selected CoolSys for this project.”
The Albertson’s door retrofit project encompassed a full range of CoolSys services. After store surveys were completed at each of the 100 locations, engineering analyzed how the reduced loads would impact the existing compressor systems and provided floor plans with necessary modifications. Where required, additional modifications to increase energy savings were also recommended. Of course, this all had to be coordinated through a large geographic area.
“This project went very well,” says Brad Person, SVP of Operations for CoolSys. “All of the projects were completed on schedule and on budget. Our monitoring of the stores energy consumption indicates that on average the stores are realizing total energy savings of approximately 12%. Both SUPERVALU and CoolSys are very happy with the results!”
Per Richard Heath, “The return on investment was less than two years and was greatly enhanced by available utility rebates. Additionally, our customers have commented on how much more comfortable the stores are, and a few have even said the stores look like they have been remodeled.”
In close collaboration on this project with CoolSys were Anthony Doors and PECI.