Environmentally efficient stores & facilities
We’re focused on applying best practices to improve the efficiency of our facilities, including data centers, which are especially energy-intensive. By implementing better cooling technologies at our Colorado Springs data center, we achieved a significant improvement in Power Utilization Effectiveness (PUE), reducing PUE to 1.28 in 2017. Across our facilities, we make extensive use of economizers, which bring outside air into the HVAC system when it is cooler outside than in, thereby decreasing energy use. In 2017, we installed 5,654 new economizers, bringing our total deployed to approximately 33,000 units. These systems have produced estimated reductions in electrical consumption of 214 million kilowatt hours and CO2e of 148,000 metric tons.
354
total LEED-certified buildings
254
ENERGY STAR®-certified
buildings, including retail stores,
offices and distribution centers
Committed to pursuing
ENERGY STAR certification for
100%
of eligible buildings
5th
consecutive year named as an
ENERGY STAR Partner of the
Year, maintaining our Sustained
Excellence recognition
