Thursday, September 3, 2009
News
Green Hero of the Week: Hannaford
Posted
by Mark Asch
on Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:50 PM
The most environmentally friendly supermarket in America opened earlier this summer in Augusta, Maine (
the way life should be!), in a converted (with largely recycled materials) high school. Generally pretty solid northeast supermarket chain Hannaford's new model store has a
green roof, geothermal climate control, motion-sensor lights on the fridges, and lots of cheap efficiency fixes like natural light and reflective surfaces.
My recollection of Hannaford supermarkets include a steadily increasing presence for organic foods and local or at least regional meat and produce — which is perhaps easier for a supermarket in Maine than one in New York — and perhaps that could be the subject of their next great pr move. In the meantime, many of these advances could be easily repeated by the Key Food near you.
Tags: Green Hero of the Week, Supermarkets, Food-Industrial Complex, Green Roofs