Energy in Store - With green credentials that are second to
none, a new food distribution center in the UK is setting world-
beating standards for environmentally-friendly buildings. “Try
something new today” is a phrase well known to most shoppers in
the UK. It’s the slogan used by Sainsbury’s, one of the
country’s biggest supermarket chains. It could also apply to the
company’s environmental policy. Over the last few years
Sainsbury’s has been trying out new ways of reducing its carbon
footprint, successfully introducing a series of measures to
reduce emissions and encourage recycling. The most
environmentally-friendly warehouse in the UK Now, with the
recently-opened food distribution center at Pineham in central
England, Sainsbury’s has the ultimate energy efficient building.
The 49,238m2 warehouse (the size of ten soccer pitches) is the
world’s first climate positive building project, setting new
standards for environmentally-friendly design and operation of
industrial property. Among the innovative featu