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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.
Store Design Services equipment services employed a secondary-loop refrigeration system at Cub Phalen that circulates glycol out to the sales floor in order to cool the store's refrigerated cases. This cuts the use of R-404a refrigerant by more than half, and dramatically decreases leak rates compared to typical refrigeration systems. In fact, the EPA awarded Cub Phalen with GreenChill Gold certification, which recognizes environmentally-friendly refrigeration technology.
To further reduce energy costs, Equipment Services installed LED lights in all walk-in and reach-in refrigerated cases, as these lights produce very little heat in the cases. In Cub Phalen's back room, heat generated from refrigeration is reclaimed and used to heat water for store use.