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Extraordinary Sustainability: From the Ground Up
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The best way to ensure we’re taking the most sustainable direction in all we do, is to keep it in mind from the very beginning. That’s why we made sustainability a key focus with the new construction of our headquarters in Davis and newest store in Roseville! Both locations boast impressive sustainability statistics that we’re excited to share with you.
The best way to ensure we’re taking the most sustainable direction in all we do, is to keep it in mind from the very beginning. That’s why we made sustainability a key focus with the new construction of our headquarters in Davis and newest store in Roseville! Both locations boast impressive sustainability statistics that we’re excited to share with you.
Nugget Markets Headquarters, Davis
- Using reclaimed materials in construction, including metal, metal skin and roofing
- Bioswells around the property to reclaim and clean water
- Living green wall
- State-of-the-art HVAC system to reduce total energy consumption
- Powering our building using solar energy
- Storefront windows that reduce heating and cooling of building
- Natural lighting for associate wellbeing
- Shades that automatically adjust their tilt throughout the day to provide high energy exchange
- Bike storage and showers for associates
Nugget Markets, West Roseville
- State-of-the-art cooling tower which uses 90% less water and 44% less energy thanks to high-efficiency coils that puts less stress on the overall system while being more efficient with the refrigerant
- 100% of the store has LED lighting!
- State-of-the-art programming controllers for lighting and refrigeration which uses daylight harvesting and automatically dims the lights during brighter times of day, saving us energy
- Rerouting the heat energy from refrigeration and harvesting it for our hot water heater
- Using reclaimed materials in construction including metal, metal skin and roofing
- Automatic sensors in our back-of-house and in all walk-in coolers
- Doors on all refrigerated cases and night shades on all open cases to be used afterhours
- An additional eight more feet of space dedicated to organic produce
If you haven’t visited our newest store yet, we hope you have the chance to see sustainability in action there (or at your local Nugget Markets) soon!
To learn more about how we SEE sustainability at Nugget Markets, visit our sustainability page!