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Title: Wal-Mart Experience: Part One

Journal Article · · ASHRAE Journal
OSTI ID:982270

In 2005, Wal-Mart opened experimental stores in McKinney, Texas (hot climate), and Aurora, Colo. (cold climate). With these projects Wal-Mart can: (1)Learn how to achieve sustainability improvements, (2)Gain experience with the design, design process, and operations for some specific advanced technologies, (3)Understand energy use patterns in their stores more clearly, (4)Lay groundwork for better understanding of how to achieve major carbon footprint reductions; and (5)Measure the potential benefits of specific technologies tested.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
982270
Journal Information:
ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 49, Issue 9, September 2007; Related Information: See the October 2007 Edition for Part Two of this article; ISSN 0001-2491
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English