The discussion of energy savings in commercial real estate often comes across as an extra. Not only save some money in operating costs, but look competitive as SEC environmental disclosures start to hit and investors take notice.
But while HVAC, lighting, elevators, and other such areas of operation do take significant power, some property types—cold storage and data centers, for example—consume power at a high and unremitting rate. To minimize energy use in such facilities requires specialty design.
Sierra Supply Chain Services opened a new cold storage facility in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The $65 million structure is 65 feet tall and 250,000 square feet in size, with nearly 164,000 square feet of storage space, 36,000 pallet positions, and 30,000 square feet of food processing space.
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