Current, powered by GE Helps Sainsbury’s Become First U.K. Supermarket to Switch to 100% LED Lighting, Cutting Energy Consu...
June 26 2017 - 8:01AM
Business Wire
- Sainsbury’s partnering with Current,
powered by GE on the country’s largest supermarket lighting
upgrade, covering more than 450 stores by 2020
- 250,000 new LED fixtures will cut
Sainsbury’s lighting energy consumption by 58 percent and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by more than three percent annually
Today Current, powered by GE (NYSE:GE) announced it is
partnering with Sainsbury’s (LON: SBRY) to make it the first
grocery retailer in the U.K. to power all its supermarkets entirely
by LED lighting.
In the country’s largest deal of its kind, Current will upgrade
250,000 LED fixtures across more than 450 stores, cutting
Sainsbury’s lighting energy consumption by 58 percent and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by 3.4 percent annually.
Paul Crewe, Sainsbury’s Head of Sustainability, Energy,
Engineering & Environment, said:
“At Sainsbury’s we’re committed to lowering the carbon emissions
of our stores, so we’re proud to be the first supermarket to switch
our large stores entirely to LED lighting. We’re always looking for
new ways of achieving our sustainability goals, and switching to
LED lighting is a big step in the right direction. We’ve almost
halved the carbon emissions of our stores since 2005, and in the
last 12 months reduced our electricity use by 11.6 percent despite
growing our operation by 54.2 percent. This step will enable us to
make significant reductions in carbon emissions. Our customers
expect us to do the right thing on their behalf, and they can be
reassured that, day or night, when they visit a Sainsbury’s
supermarket, we’ve made a significant in-road into creating a
greener supermarket for them.”
The project will support Sainsbury’s on its journey to achieve
commitments set out in the supermarket’s Sustainability Plan, which
calls for Sainsbury’s to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 30
percent compared to 2005 baseline levels. The target has spurred
numerous energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives across
its many U.K. stores, from LED retrofits to solar panels, biomass
boilers and ground source heat pumps. To date, Sainsbury’s has
already cut absolute carbon emissions by more than 20 percent and
is on track to achieve its 2020 target.
Pete Lau, CEO of Current’s European operations, said:
“For years, Sainsbury’s has placed itself on a trajectory toward
reducing its impact on the environment. At Current, we believe the
adoption of energy efficient technology can be a core piece of
building not only a more sustainable business, but also a more
profitable one. We’re proud to continue partnering with the
Sainsbury’s team, and this ambitious project represents the next
step of that journey.”
Current is delivering the massive lighting retrofit as a turnkey
service, embedding financing from GE Capital Industrial Finance
with lighting design, product supply, installation and project
management services. The full LED conversion across all Sainsbury’s
stores is scheduled to be completed by 2020.
About Sainsbury’s:
Sainsbury’s commitment to helping customers live well for less
has been at the heart of what we do since 1869. Today that means
making our customers’ lives better and easier every day by offering
great quality and service at fair prices – across food, clothing,
general merchandise and financial services – whenever and wherever
they want it.
As our customers’ lives change, so will our business.
Sainsbury's acquired Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and
Habitat, on 2 September 2016, creating one of the UK’s leading food
and non-food retailers - a multi-product, multi-channel business
with fast delivery networks. J Sainsbury plc operates over 2,000
stores – 601 supermarkets, 782 convenience stores, 837 Argos stores
(including concessions) and three flagship Habitat stores –
together with major online channels for food, clothing, general
merchandise and financial services. We sell over 90,000 products
and employs 195,000 colleagues across the UK and Ireland.
Sainsbury’s Bank offers accessible financial services products
such as credit cards, insurance, travel money and personal loans
that reward customers. Our vision is to be the most trusted
retailer where people love to work and shop. Our colleagues, strong
culture and values are integral to achieving this vision and
driving our success – now and in the future.
About Current, powered by GE:
Current is the digital engine for intelligent environments. A
first-of-its-kind startup within the walls of GE (NYSE: GE),
Current blends advanced energy technologies like LED and solar with
networked sensors and software to make commercial buildings and
industrial facilities more energy efficient & productive.
Backed by the power of Predix*, GE’s platform for the Industrial
Internet, and a broad ecosystem of technology partners, Current is
helping businesses and cities unlock hidden value and realize the
potential of their environments. www.currentbyge.com
About GE:
GE (NYSE: GE) is the world’s Digital Industrial Company,
transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through
which each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com
*Trademark and/or Service Mark of General Electric Company
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