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| Picture: Artist's rendition showing white reflective roof, skylights, green
plants and solar panels on roof, and light-colored asphalt parking lot. Take a tour of the building here. |
Green grocery shopping of the future has arrived. Hannaford Bros. have just opened the world’s first LEED Platinum certified supermarket in Augusta, Maine.
“This is the type of leadership by example that Clean Air-Cool Planet has been working toinspire since its creation a decade ago,” said CA-CP CEO Adam Markham. “In building the world’s most sustainable supermarket Hannaford is sending amessage to its customers making the connection between energy consumption and climate change, and demonstrating a willingness to invest in green technology. They are also on record advocating for effective climate policies in Washington.”
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| Sedum plants on the roof keep the building cool and don't need watering. |
The building not only passes our inspection, but also that of internationally recognized green building certification council LEED. "Our review team said it was one of the cleanest, most amazing projects they'd seen in a very long time," said Rick Fedrizzi, LEED CEO. "This store will use less energy, less water, create less waste, it will do tremendous things. But what it does most is educate."
The store’s green features include a refrigeration system that relies on gases that are less harmful to the environment and doors on nearly its entire freezer and refrigerated cases, which enable it to stay warmer and use less energy. Energy demand is also reduced by skylights, motion censored lights, and Maine’s largest solar panel. In addition, water from two geothermal wells and plants on the building’s roof help regulate the store’s temperature. The plants, sedums, do not require watering and will help with water runoff and insulation. The 49,000 square foot store was constructed on the site of
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| The store uses natural light through rooftop skylights, and even used second-hand wood for the porch supports. |
the former Cony High School in the state’s capitol city, and will serve as a test bed for future
innovations that decrease energy usage, waste and water consumption, while improving air quality, storm-water management, and the use of sustainable materials.
Founded in 1883 as a small local store in Cape Elizabeth, today Hannaford is the largest certified organic supermarket chain in the Northeast and operates 170 stores.
See news article in the Portland Press Herald.
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