The 5th Annual Flex Your Power Awards

Office Depot

Energy Efficiency Award Winner

Office Depot

Office Depot's environmental vision is to increasingly "Buy Green," "Be Green," and "Sell Green." As part of its efforts to be green, the company is committed to reducing its energy usage, which it has by implementing a significant retrofit program. Office Depot converted almost all of the company's 1,150-plus retail store locations to T5 energy efficient lighting which is 35% more efficient than the lighting used previously. With incentives from SCE, PG&E, SDG&E, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Office Depot was able to retrofit the lighting in approximately 150 stores in California. Additionally, Office Depot made HVAC upgrades and installed cool roofs at select locations. Already, these upgrades have saved Office Depot 66,900,000 kWh (10%) of electricity and $6 million total.

Sharon Smith, Office Depot, accepts Energy Efficiency Award

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Together the 4th and 5th Annual Flex Your Power Award winners saved more than

1 billion kilowatt hours

which is equivalent to taking more than

80,000 cars off the road.

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