Commercial Construction & Renovation

JAN-FEB 2014

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with managing energy and waste consumption at RaceTrac loca- tions This team is implementing programs to decease our energy usage by 30 percent over the next few years. Some of these initiatives include LED lighting, HVAC and refrigeration effciency and water conservation projects. Joseph A Bank's Gallant: We have been building our stores sustainable for 30 years – high- efficiency air conditioning units, energy management systems, recycled materials and recyclable materials. We built one LEED store because the mall and city required it be done that way. I don't think our customers typically care whether we are a green building. Building a sustainable store is less expensive to us in the long run, which is why we have that way for a long time. It's a little more expensive to build out, but you don't have to go through the additional LEED process and certification cost. Quality Project Management's Stupi: I agree. We work with about 50 retailers every year, and less than five percent actually go through the certification process. Some 95 percent would agree with sustainable buildings and in fact utilize sustainable practices. Could they get the plaque? Yes, you could, but what value does your customer see? Certain retailers, like a Patagonia, have customer that are conscious about the environment, so that's their culture. So a retailer's customer determines a lot of the expectations. Andrew Kolikoff, Therma-Ray: I can validate from a vendor's standpoint that you're exactly right. People aren't always asking for green. You can get as many as 12 viewpoints on something like electric radiant heat. But that conversation almost never comes up. They're more interested in sustainability and savings and value engineering. Those are the topics that come up. The Little Gym's Biggs: Consumers have not expressed a desire for us to explore sustainable products, but options such as LED lighting are great because they can save the franchisee money. We conduct various surveys and are always listening and requesting feedback from parents. One of the surveys we send is based on We'd like to pick up at least two more brands for our portfolio as an approved vendor. … It will be about growing the business and taking a little bit bigger piece of the pie. – Tim Gilmore, Northstar Flooring rising up 40 CommerCial ConstruCtion & renovation — January : February 2014 CCR-JanFeb.14_991-.indd 40 2/7/14 2:04 PM

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