Sainsbury’s installs geothermal exchange system in superstore
Sainsbury’s announced the opening of its store in Crayford, which will mark the first use of geothermal exchange technology in a supermarket in the UK.
The superstore, which covers 9,000 square meters, has been built to use Greenfield Energy’s latest innovative technology that uses ground heat to heat and cool the store. The extension to the Greater London-based Crayford store is just one in a series of new store openings for the UK supermarket chain.
According to the firm, the extended store is the world’s first supermarket to use the technology. The ‘geo exchange’ system allows boreholes underneath the structure to draw up energy from the earth and use it to generate natural heat and cooling.
Mike Coupe, group commercial director for Sainsbury’s said that it was an exciting move for the grocer and that the team at Crayford had worked hard to create an innovative new store with several firsts in features for Sainsbury’s. CEO of Greenfield Energy, Grahame Newton said that the system was cutting-edge and that the firm was proud, as a smaller renewable energy venture, to have such a brand name as Sainsbury’s to be implementing the equipment.
The supermarket chain has calculated that the move will save 30 per cent in carbon emissions compared to its traditional supermarket buildings. Sainsbury’s added that despite the store being two and half times bigger, it gives off the same carbon output because of the revolutionary new system.
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