A zero-carbon store in the UK
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Posting Date | 19 February 2010
Country | United Kingdom
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Energy sources, district heating / cooling, cogeneration, General, Environmental issues related to buildings, Public and non residential buildings, On-site renewable energy sources, Lighting, Energy efficiency technologies and materials, Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Very low energy buildings, Heating, domestic hot water, Air conditioning, cooling, ventilation, air infiltration
Target Group | Local/regional/national authorities and facilitators, Building professionals, Building occupants
Source of funding | Private
Abstract | Tesco, the world's third-largest retailer, opened a new store (december 2009) in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, that is the first zero-carbon store of this company. It uses a biofuel combined heat and power (CHP) plant producing more than the building needs and selling the excess back to the grid. The store also incorporates a number of environmentally friendly design features and technologies, including sustainably sourced timber frame, roof lights and sun pipes that allow natural daylight into the sales floor and staff areas, energy-efficient heating and air conditioning systems, natural ventilation, rainwater collection to flush the toilets and run the carwash, low global warming potential refrigerants in the refrigerators, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, the first LED-lit car park in the UK, solar-powered streetlights, energy-efficient equipment, such as low-energy bakery ovens.
Web URL(s) of the case | http://www.tesco.com/greenerliving/greener_tesco/what_tesco_is_doing/ramsey_eco_..., http://www.tesco.com/assets/greenerliving/content/documents/pdfs/Environmental%2...
Lessons learnt | The aim of Tresco is that by 2020, the average carbon footprint of new stores will be 50 per cent smaller than in 2006.
Award labels | none
Case Languages | English
Submitted by François Durier (CETIAT )
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