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continues. “Changing the lights out to LED lights uses one-fourth of the energy, but they have a tendency to be whiter; and what we don’t want to do is have shoppers walking around blinded,” he explains.
Under the produce stands is high vinyl composition tile (VCT) flooring, which creates a warm ambience fitting of its Lifestyle stores.
According to Gibbon, the flooring “will be here for 20 years; you cannot scratch it, you cannot lift this flooring or it will take your shins off, and it’s slip-resistant.”
When the floors get dirty, there is even a green solution to cleaning them. In an effort to alleviate toxic chemicals, the Santa Cruz store took the lead as a testing ground for using
cleaning supplies that don’t hurt the environ- ment. They’re all biodegradable and certified through a testing lab, according to Gibbon.
Energy Management
Behind the scenes of the new LEED store, there is a lot of continuous experimentation and study going on. An accurate analysis of
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