Friday, September 30, 2011

'Green' Price Chopper opening in Colonie - Boston Business Journal:

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will set the standard for the chain’s future storez by incorporatingmany energy-saving and environmentallhy friendly technologies, the company said today. The 69,000-square-foot store at 1892 Central Ave. features a highly efficientt refrigeration system, fuel cells generating about 60 percent of its electricituand back-up power, lots of natural lighting, and a machine that grinds produce waste into a watery substance. The storee also has the largest Kosher-only departmeny in a supermarket in northeastern New York and theonly full-servicwe Kosher bakery in the Albany according to the , which owns the supermarketg chain.
The new store was built at the oppositee end of a strip mall in Colonie wherre another Price Chopper is The old store closedf an hour before the new storesopened today. The U.S. Environmenta l Protection Agency has already awarded the new store the highest leveol of gold certification under the GreenChillk AdvancedRefrigeration Partnership, the highest ever achievede by a supermarket retailer. Three othedr stores in the country have gold level certification but Pricr Chopper has thehighest rating. The Golub is seeking LEED certificatiohn from the in recognition ofthe energy-savin measures. LEED stands for Leadership in EnerghEfficient Design.
The New York State Energyg Research Development Authority provided morethan $1 millionh in incentives to help make the new store as as possible. “We set out to designn and build a store that wouldbe world-class and woul demonstrate our leadership and concerhn for the environment and energy efficiency,” said Goluhb Corp., chairman and CEO Neil During construction of the store, more than 75 percentr of the waste was recycled and locaol construction materials were used whenever possible. Baserd in Rotterdam, the Golub owns more than 120 stores inNew York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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