Whole Foods To Expand Commitment To Solar Energy

From Cleantechbrief.com

Whole Foods Market, the natural and organic grocery store chain, plans to install solar panels at more than 20 additional locations. The company has also extended its commitment to offset 100% of its use of non-renewable electricity by using wind energy, and by investing in energy reduction opportunities while retrofitting existing stores with energy efficient lighting, equipment and mechanical components.

“Whole Foods Market is thrilled to set the environmental bar even higher by pioneering the development and deployment of alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power,” said Lee Matecko, Whole Foods Market global vice president of construction and store development, in a statement. “We are also reducing energy consumption in new and existing stores with some exciting innovative technologies that are making a real difference.”

Whole Foods Market recently contracted to add solar to more than 20 locations; including existing installations, solar will be brought to the rooftops of more than 30 of the company’s stores nationwide. The grocer hopes to have close to 70 locations with rooftop solar panels, close to one fourth of the company’s total number of stores.