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18 | Greentailing T 20 op 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | Kohl’s Department Stores 1,528,378,000 872,382,088 101% 28% Retail Partner List Solar, Wind Biogas, Solar, Wind he Environmental Protection Agency released its Top 20 Retail Partner List (as of July 5, 2012), which represents the largest purchasers among retail partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power purchases of these organizations totals more than 5 billion kilowatthours of green power annually—the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 467,000 average American homes each year. Check out the chart below to see the retailers that are leading the way in green power. T Annual Green Power Green Power % Green Power Usage (kWh) of Total Resources Electricity Use* Wal-Mart Stores Inc./California and Texas Facilities Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 3Degrees°, Nexant°, Sterling Planet°, On-site Generation Noble Americas Energy Solutions, Duke Energy, NextEra Energy Resources, On-site Generation 3Degrees°, On-site Generation Sterling Planet°, 3Degrees°, Avista Utilities, Paciﬁc Power°, Tennessee Valley Authority°, Portland General Electric, Florida Power & Light° 3Degrees°, Nexant°, Seattle City Light°, Tri-County Electric Cooperative° Whole Foods Market 800,257,623 107% 78% Solar, Wind Biogas, Solar, Wind Staples 516,713,408 Starbucks 414,560,000 46% Biogas, Geothermal, Small-hydro, Wind Wind Solar, Wind Solar Biomass, Solar Biogas, Solar, Wind Biogas, Wind Solar, Wind Biogas, Wind Small-hydro Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind McDonald’s USA LLC 306,000,000 30% 5% 7% 3% 3% 11% 85% 4% 15% 35% 100% 3% 100% 424% 100% 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet° 3Degrees°, Renewable Choice Energy°, On-site Generation 3Degrees°, On-site Generation Nexant°, On-site Generation Greenlight Energy°, On-site Generation, 3Degrees° 3Degrees° Native Energy°, Xcel Energy°, On-site Generation Austin Energy°, CPS Energy Various Renewable Choice Energy° Green Mountain Energy Constellation NewEnergy° Bonneville Environmental Foundation° Clean Currents° 3Degrees° *Reﬂects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to purchase green power in an amount exceeding 100 percent of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use are listed as such. °Indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party-certiﬁed green power product. For more information on third-party certiﬁcation, visit www.epa. gov/greenpower/buygp/certiﬁed.htm. Sprint 176,004,644 Ahold USA 149,853,582 Lowe’s 148,660,000 Safeway Inc. 120,187,000 Best Buy 118,865,000 61,817,444 The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc./Operations and Selected Retail Brands H-E-B Grocery Co. 59,600,000 FedEx Ofﬁce 33,379,320 Gander Mountain 33,250,000 27,739,492 Lord & Taylor/New York City, Eastchester and New Jersey Giant Eagle Inc. 20,000,000 The North Face 18,100,000 14,512,000 MOM’s Organic Market prAna 14,141,000 Source: EPA’s Top 20 Retail Partner List, July 2012 September 2012 www.ddionline.com http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/buygp/certified.htm http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/buygp/certified.htm http://www.ddionline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DDi - September 2012

DDi - September 2012
Table of Contents
From the Editor
From the Show Director
Newsworthy
Shopper Insights
Greentailing
Editor’s Choice
Portfolio Awards 2012
Retail Design Luminaries
Retail Design Influencers
Design Firms of the Year
Best Visual Merchandising Programs
Retailer of the Year
Best-Designed Stores of the Year
Retail Standouts
Calendar
Advertisers
Classifieds
Think Tank

DDi - September 2012