CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its commitment to manage its environmental impacts and save energy, Target Corporation is installing a high-performance light-emitting diode (LED) solution from GE Lighting Solutions, a unit of GE Lighting, in refrigerated display cases in 500 stores nationwide. Putting more energy-efficient lighting in reach-in freezer and cooler door cases will cut energy use by approximately 60 percent compared with older fluorescent systems.
"Target strives to be a responsible steward of the environment," says Target Vice President Tony Heredia. "We continue to find ways we can increase energy efficiency and pilot new technologies. Efforts like these, which help reduce one of our largest operating expenses, also curtail our impact on the environment."
Target converted 150 stores in 2009 and plans to convert an additional 350 stores in 2010. The GE LED systems will be used in new and remodeled stores going forward (see video at http://www.gelighting.com/na/videos-media/?vuuid=w2q95b70&categoryid=14610).
"Through this conversion to reliable GE-quality LED systems and through additional initiatives that we're helping to execute, Target is making great strides both operationally and environmentally," says Michael Petras, president and CEO of GE Lighting. "Their determination is commendable."
Target's LED conversion
- Fluorescent lamps in reach-in refrigerated display cases are replaced with more efficient, longer-life Immersion® RV30 LED Display Lighting, a GE ecomaginationSM solution.
- The LED system operates at 29 watts per door, compared with an average of 73 watts with the existing fluorescent lamps, and will be installed in over 55,000 doors.
- Achieving a 60-percent reduction in display-case energy usage from 26.6 million kilowatt hours annually to 10.7 million kilowatt hours annually. Target will see additional savings due to the integration of motion-activated occupancy sensors for the majority of the display cases.
- The reduction in energy use helps Target to reduce its indirect emissions of greenhouse gases.
GE has more than 80 customer installations to date of its LED Refrigerated Display Lighting solutions worldwide. Forty of the top 50 U.S. grocers/supermarkets are using the solutions, as well as 19 of the top 25 convenience store chains. Globally, GE has sold more than 700,000 LED refrigerated display case lights since inventing the category in 2006.
Learn more about the performance of GE's RoHS-compliant, UL-approved LED refrigerated display lighting solution at:
http://www.geconsumerproducts.com/pressroom/press_releases/lighting/led_lighting/immersion_led.htm.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,744 stores nationwide and at Target.com, a fully integrated online business. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary and Visa credit card products. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education. Today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week.
About GE Appliances & Lighting
GE Appliances & Lighting spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliances, lighting, systems and services for commercial, industrial and residential use. Technology innovation and the company's ecomaginationSM initiative enable GE Appliances & Lighting to aggressively bring to market products and solutions that help customers meet pressing environmental challenges. General Electric (NYSE: GE), imagination at work, sells products under the Monogram®, Profile™, GE®, Hotpoint®, SmartWater™, Reveal® and Energy Smart® consumer brands, and Tetra®, Vio™ and Immersion® commercial brands. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.
David Schuellerman
GE Consumer & Industrial
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