November 3, 2008—Cub Foods announces the grand opening of a one-of-a-kind store, which upon approval, will become one of the nation’s first new grocery stores to successfully achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification. Cub Foods Phalen is located in St. Paul’s Phalen neighborhood.
Cub Foods has also received an award from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) GreenChill Partnership at Gold-Level Certification. The award is given for outstanding use of environmentally friendly refrigeration technology.
Cub customers will experience a unique shopping environment from the moment they step inside. The new 62,900 square-foot store will feature:
- 44 skylights that will illuminate 75 percent of regularly occupied spaces using a solar powered GPS system that tracks and redirects sunlight as needed.
- The first commercial parking lot in Minnesota to be illuminated using only LED lights that need to be replaced every 40 years and provide 50 percent energy savings.
- Half of the waste from buildings torn down on the construction site has been reused in the construction of the new building or recycled.
- 35 percent savings in lighting costs compared to typical Cub stores.
- A maintenance-free floor that eliminates the need for chemicals during the cleaning process.
- A landscape irrigation system that uses 50 percent less water than typical systems.
- 75 percent of the building construction waste will not end up in landfills. Instead, it will be recycled and turned into other useful materials.
For more information, see the Cub Foods Web site.
