Cub Foods - Phalen
The Cub Foods Phalen store, located in St. Paul, is expected to become the first Minnesota grocery store to achieve LEED Gold 2.2 certification. The 62,900 square foot grounds-up project engaged all Store Design Services departments and employed the latest advancements in sustainable supermarket design.
"The challenge for us as a design team was to deliver Cub its most energy-efficient store to date," explained Store Design Services lead architect Bryan Slattery. "We had to significantly reduce our carbon footprint, while keeping the Cub brand intact from an aesthetic and operational standpoint, and to do all of this in the most cost-effective manner possible."
Lighting costs at Cub Phalen are 35% lower than comparable stores, due in part to its 44 skylights that use a solar-powered GPS system to track and redirect sunlight as needed. It also features the first supermarket parking lot in Minnesota to be illuminated using only LED lights. The store's maintenance-free floor eliminates the need for harsh chemicals when cleaning, and its landscape irrigation system uses 50% less water than typical systems.