It’s been said that sunshine is the best disinfectant, but might it also be good medicine? Walgreens is betting on it with the opening of their solar-powered drugstore of the future — America’s first dedicated retail space that generates all of the energy it needs to operate on-site.
Built just north of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois, the new “net zero” energy store is a sort of test bed for developing sustainable strategies that could power new drugstores going forward. To capture adequate energy — the store needs around 200,000 kWh each year — designers combined myriad different technologies. Among them are solar panels and wind turbines, as well as the use of geothermal energy and LED lighting.
The store will...
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