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    US Foods opens Solar-powered, Energy Efficient Distribution facility in California

    June 28, 2022
    Approximately 40% to 50% of the building’s energy requirements are expected to be met by solar installations, taking place later. Other installations that contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the facility’s operations include LED lighting
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    Another US Foods facility in California.
    Another US Foods facility in California.

    US Foods Holding Corp. is opening what the company touted as its most environmentally sustainable distribution facility in Sacramento.

    The 355,000 square-foot facility is the firm’s 70th distribution facility and customer engagement training center. The state-of-the-art facility has fleet maintenance operations, foodservice products, a demonstration kitchen and a training center.

    Approximately 40% to 50% of the building’s energy requirements are expected to be met by solar installations, taking place later this year. Other installations that contribute to reducing the environmental impact of the facility’s operations include energy-saving LED lighting, environmentally-optimized HVAC systems, water-saving landscaping and refrigeration systems which do not use water.

    Additionally, the firm is adding 27 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks, expanding its fleet to 75 active CNG trucks fueled by Renewable Natural Gas. There is an onsite fueling station for the fleet.

    US Foods has transitioned its entire fleet to RNG at its Vista, Corona, Livermore and La Mirada locations in California to RD fuel earlier this year.

    Renewable diesel has an over 65% lower carbon intensity rating than traditional diesel as per the California Air Resources Board’s life cycle analysis of carbon intensities using the CA-GREET model. 

    About the Author

    EnergyTech Staff

    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.