Energy Efficient Lighting Helps Shoppers Drug Mart Save Over

Energy Efficient Lighting Helps Shoppers Drug Mart
Save Over $400,000 in Electricity Costs Annually
For a large corporation like
Shoppers, which operates in all regions
of Ontario, having a single point of contact
like Burlington Hydro to manage all our
applications for all our locations, made the
entire process move smoother and faster,
because we don’t have to make separate
applications with each local electric utility
where we do business.
TAMMY SMITHAM,
Vice President Communications & Corporate Affairs,
Shoppers Drug Mart
PROJECT DETAILS
ENERGY SAVINGS
1,900,875 kWh per year
DEMAND
SAVINGS
338 kW
ANNUAL ELECTRICITY COST SAVINGS
$440,000
Industry Sector:
• Retail
Project:
• Installation of energy-efficient LED lighting in the
refrigerators doors of more than 280 stores. Also
retrofitted signage and interior downlights to LEDs
Shoppers Drug Mart, the leading drug store retailer in Canada,
used financial incentives through the saveONenergy RETROFIT
PROGRAM to replace inefficient lighting in the refrigerator doors
of more than 280 stores across Ontario. The new LED lighting
generates less heat to reduce refrigeration requirements, which
has helped the corporation realize significant energy savings.
BACKGROUND
With the goal of lowering operating costs, Shoppers Drug Mart
focused on controlling and reducing electricity use through initiatives
that included the installation of LED Lighting.
As it builds new stores, Shoppers Drug Mart has been increasing
its retail sales footage (to an average of 14,000 square feet from an
average of 7,000 square feet) as well as adding refrigeration and lighting.
The company focuses on energy-efficiency to drive costs down.
PROJECT
Under the saveONenergy RETROFIT PROGRAM, financial incentives
are available to businesses for new energy-efficient technologies
and systems in their facilities.
In Ontario, Shoppers installed LED lighting in the refrigerator doors of
more than 280 stores. The new lighting reduced electricity demand
because LEDs are more energy efficient and generate less heat, to reduce
refrigeration requirements. In addition, Shoppers also retrofitted signage
and interior downlights to LEDs to further reduce electricity consumption.
RESULTS
“Incentives are an integral part of Shoppers Drug Mart’s energy-efficiency
initiatives,” said Mr. Qurashi. At the corporate level, the saveONenergy
incentives also helped meet the company’s payback-period guidelines
of 24 to 36 months.
“Rather than wait until older lighting systems had reached the end of
their life cycle, with the incentives we could move to premium technology
sooner and reduce our electricity use,” Ms. Smitham said.
LED Freezer Strips
“The total spending on electricity is going down, so it is working for
us,” said Tammy Smitham, Vice President Communications & Corporate
Affairs, Shoppers Drug Mart. “We’ve doubled our selling space in our
stores but haven’t increased our hydro costs.”
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, with annual sales of more than
$10 billion, is the licensor of a Canada-wide network of more than
1,100 associate-owners of Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix stores.
“In Ontario, where there are more than 600 Shoppers stores, the
company’s energy-efficiency program continues to advance aggressively
because of the financial incentives available through the saveONenergy
RETROFIT PROGRAM and its simplified application process for
National Accounts, which provides businesses with multiple locations
across Ontario with one point of contact,” said Tariq Qurashi of
Sandcastle Energy Systems Alliance Corporation, an energy
management advisor to Shoppers Drug Mart.
SAVINGS, MULTIPLIED
Another factor that helped Shoppers advance its energy-efficiency measures
across Ontario stores was the program’s application process for National
Accounts. The program allows businesses with multiple Ontario locations
to establish one point of contact to help manage all the energy-efficiency
retrofit projects, regardless of the number of buildings or their locations.
Businesses complete one application on the saveONenergy website
(saveonenergy.ca/business) through one local electric utility for
their energy-efficiency projects. This one point of contact works with
all other local electric utilities in the communities where the businesses
operate to co-ordinate project reviews, and approvals, including receiving
the final incentive payment.
“A key factor in the ongoing effectiveness of Shoppers’ retrofit project
was the decision to use a facilitator to act as an administrator in the
application and approval process for all its Ontario store locations,”
said Rick Tomson of Aladaco Consulting, who co-ordinates the
saveONenergy program for Burlington Hydro. “The National Accounts
application process gives a single point of entry for the customer.”
SEE THE LIGHT:
WHY YOU SHOULD UPGRADE TO LED LIGHTING
ABOUT saveONenergy
Lighting is recognized as a major area for energy savings, and
there are substantial electricity cost reduction opportunities
when replacing old inefficient lighting with LED lighting. It uses
75% less energy than incandescent lighting, lasts 25 times
longer, and comes in a variety of shapes, colours, and sizes.
Whether you choose to install LED lighting, LED Recessed
Downlighting, LED Exit signs, or LED refrigeration strips, you’ll
reduce capital costs, cut operating costs, and shorten your
payback periods.
Businesses across Ontario are benefitting from incentives to
support energy efficiency projects.
Subject to additional terms and conditions found at saveonenergy.ca. Subject to change without notice.
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