Article by Peter Ibbotson, Director of Construction and Chief Engineer at J Sainsbury plc. The article describes how Sainsbury's "has systematically reviewed its store design over the past 15 years in order to arrive at the concept of the "low energy supermarket" " and "how improvements to lighting, refrigeration, heating ventilation and air conditioning have given savings of 40% compared with earlier designs".
An earlier dated version of this article is included in a correspondence file which was to be given at the French Energy Management Association conference on 11 to 13 June 1990.
Environmental articles
"Energy Efficiency in U.K. Supermarkets" article by Peter Ibbotson, Apr 1991
- Ref. No: SA/CR/GRE/1/3
- Format: Document/Page/item
- Date: Apr 1991
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 item
- Access: Open
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Correspondence and other papers relating to various matters concerning environment affairs at Sainsbury's. Some examples of topics include: market research on green issues; discussion with Procter & Gamble about environmental issues and labelling; the Chairman's view the company should keep a high public profile on environmental issues; detergents used for cleaning branches; and the appointment of an Environment Affairs Manager. Other items include papers and reports on environmental issues with relevance to Sainsbury's, paper by Peter Ibbotson 'Energy Efficiency in U.K. Supermarkets' and a copy of 'Conservation Now' magazine. The file contains mainly papers addressed or copied to M.D. Conolly (Chairman of Sainsbury's Environment Affairs Committee and Director of Marketing).
Environment affairs general correspondence and papers, 1988-1990
SA/CR/GRE/4/1
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