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SuperCenter in McKinney, Texas A Buildings Technology Center (BTC) Team, with members from the Commercial Buildings and Building Envelope Groups, as well as the BTC Director, began installation of instrumentation at a Wal-Mart Experimental SuperCenter in McKinney, Texas, June 6–10, 2005
Jeff Christian, Phil Childs, Jerry Atchley, and Mike MacDonald from ORNL’s BTC began installation of instrumentation at a Wal-Mart experimental SuperCenter in McKinney, Texas, the week of June 6–10, 2005. The principal objective of ORNL’s effort is a comprehensive evaluation of the energy saving and environment enhancing concepts being tested at the green concept SuperCenter. Individual concepts to be evaluated in this project are on-site renewable power generation (windmills and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems), enhanced outdoor lighting system, enhanced indoor lighting system with daylight harvesting, improved grocery refrigeration system, new entry vestibule design concept, highly reflective roof, waste heat recovery (waste oil boiler and heat recovery from grocery refrigeration), waste heat utilization (radiant floor heating and heating coils in rooftop HVAC units), displacement ventilation concept for heating and cooling air distribution, water conservation and management , and site landscape enhancements (park, reservoir, wetland area). Whole store performance for the green store is to be evaluated and compared to that of a typical store design as well. The evaluation results will be shared with the US buildings industry, the general public, DOE, and other appropriate governmental agencies. |
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