The solution will obtain data from majority of its Stop & Shop, Giant Food of Maryland, and Giant/Martin’s grocery stores, offering Ahold USA enterprise-wide and store-level visibility into overall energy usage and spending.
Ahold USA manager of energy Paul Grenier said the company has worked with EnerNOC since 2005, which has give it a clear picture of the company’s energy usage on a site-by-site basis.
"EfficiencySMART Insight allows us to take those lessons to the next level by helping us compare usage across stores, identify leaders, and share best practices across all our locations." Grenier added.
EfficiencySMART Insight enables the ability to identify energy savings opportunities to reduce energy spikes and related demand charges, optimize energy efficiency investments and verify ongoing and future energy efficiency projects.
The solution also allows the companies to disseminate real-time alerts and alarms to individual store managers to ensure that potential inefficiencies are identified to minimize waste.
EfficiencySMART Insight is part of the EfficiencySMART suite of applications and services which also includes EfficiencySMART Commissioning and EfficiencySMART Services.
Ahold USA is part of Ahold, a Dutch-based international food retailing group.
