JCP pledges to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2015
-- Home Textiles Today, 5/3/2010 2:10:00 PM
Plano, Texas – J. C. Penney Company Inc. is on the road to reducing its facility energy consumption by 20% per gross square foot by 2015, the department store chain said today.
JCP said the effort is an environmental goal it hopes to achieve via energy efficiency improvements and by promoting a company culture which advocates and practices conservation.
Over the past decade, JCP, which operates 1,100 units in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, said it has invested more than $130 million to improve the energy efficiency of its existing stores and logistics centers by installing advanced metering technology, building control systems, lighting retrofits and high-efficiency heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. Last year, these combined efforts resulted in a year-over-year elimination of approximately 80 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions by reducing energy use across comparable stores.
In 2004, JCPenney launched an associate-awareness and engagement program, now referred to as EMPowered, which encourages and educates all JCP associate to seek out innovative ways to save energy.
“To become a more sustainable business, we needed to involve our 150,000 associates whose individual actions and habits can have a profound effect in achieving energy conservation every day,” said Mike Ullman, chairman and ceo. “A true commitment to environmental progress begins with an organization that is willing to take the necessary steps toward a cleaner environment.”
In other related initiatives, JCP said it is aspiring over time to obtain 25% of its total operating power from renewable sources. The retailer currently hosts rooftop solar power systems on nine California and New Jersey stores with at least three more locations being planned for this year.
In addition, JCPenney hosts 12 “Architectural Wind” turbines at its Manchester, Conn. logistics center as part of a joint project with AeroVironment Inc. The small, modular turbines are specially designed to harness the building’s aerodynamics to bolster electrical power generation. When the turbines are operating at optimal speed, the expected power generated is equal to the electricity used to light up a 50,000-square-foot warehouse space.
JCPenney is also piloting the commercial use of a wind energy project at its Reno, Nev. logistics center.
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