Thanks to Weavers Way Facilities Manager (and Environment Committee member) Steve Hebden for this information.

Design:

• Meat and seafood service cases generate less plastic packaging!
• All electricity used in the building is sustainable, from wind, solar or other renewable sources.

Energy use:

• LEDs are used for all building lighting.
• Automatic doors and air curtains in the vestibule save energy.
• The refrigeration system is a rack of 6 compressors instead of 24 individual compressors. The system will capture the heat it generates and use it to heat hot water and in the winter, the building itself.
• All open refrigerated cases have built-in "night covers."
• All refrigerated cases and walk-in boxes have ECM fan motors, which are much more efficient than ordinary ones.
• The refrigerated cases have zero-energy doors that do not have heating elements in the frame.
• The freezer display doors have heater controls that turn the heater off when not needed.
• All newly installed windows have double panes.
• All lights, including the display lights, will turn off automatically after staff exits the building in the evening.

Materials:

• Reclaimed lumber was used on interior facades and will be used on the exterior facade.
• The tile flooring contains recycled materials.
• Low VOC (volatile organic compound) paint was used.

Recycling:

• Single-stream recycling will be implemented throughout store operations,
• During construction, all debris was sorted, recycled when possible (metal, wood, and concrete, for example) by the hauling company.