191392 Resource 165493 94146 94146 1196708956786 1196708994596 Controlled Warehouse Cost Reduction – Through Solar Panels

GM, Costco Wholesale Corp, Wal-Mart, Safeway, and Macy’s are using solar panels in California and Hawaii to help reduce their carbon emissions/ footprint and electricity costs.

Your warehouse roof may just be one of the next best cost reduction potentials, reducing costs and improving the company’s carbon foot print through green logistics.  <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSWNAS400620070913">GM has partnered with a subsidiary of Constellation Energy</a> to use solar panels on top of their 300,000 square foot warehouse in <place w:st="on" /><city w:st="on" />Fontana</city />, <state w:st="on" />California</state /></place />.  The solar panels will generate 1.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year.  The power from the solar panels will not only provide half of the electricity required to run the warehouse, but also supply the extra power back to the grid.  GM will not own or operate these solar panels but will benefit from the reduced costs and reduced carbon footprint.  <a href="http://www.gm.com/corporate/responsibility/environment/news/2007/GM_solar_power_091307.jsp">GM believes the solar panels will yield a 10% savings in electricity costs and a 355 metric ton reduction of greenhouse gas emissions each year.</a> GM is not the only company installing solar panels on their warehouses.  <a href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/09/13/costco-installing-solar-panels-on-warehouse-in-hawaii/">Costco Wholesale Corp</a> is putting solar panels on two warehouses in <state w:st="on" />Hawaii</state /> and two in <state w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />California</place /></state />.  <a href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/05/07/wal-mart-to-install-solar-power-systems-at-22-stores/">Wal-Mart</a> is installing solar panels at 22 store locations in both <state w:st="on" />Hawaii</state /> and <state w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />California</place /></state />.  <a href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/05/07/wal-mart-to-install-solar-power-systems-at-22-stores/" target="_blank">Safeway</a> plans to install 23 sites in <state w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />California</place /></state /> with solar panels.  <a href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/06/06/macys-installs-solar-power-in-26-stores/">Macy’s</a> is planning on 26 stores in <state w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />California</place /></state /> to have solar panels.Large companies are reducing their carbon footprint in <state w:st="on" />California</state /> and <state w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />Hawaii</place /></state /> by installing solar panels to provide power to their facilities.    10 application/xml false Carbon Footprint GM Green Logistics Green Supply Chain Macy?s Safeway Supply Chain Wal-Mart Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 165493 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web