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Macy's
Challenge Commitment
179 Million Square Feet
Goal
20% Reduction in Energy Intensity by 2020
Background
Macy’s, Inc., with corporate offices in Cincinnati and New York, is one of the nation’s premier retailers, with fiscal 2011 sales of $26 billion. The company operates about 840 department stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico under the names of Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, as well as the macys.com and bloomingdales.com websites. The commitment to reduce energy has been a long-standing goal of Macy’s, Macy’s has engaged in aggressive energy reduction measures through the development and use of its Energy Information System (EIS), to monitor, analyze, and target key energy opportunities. Coupled with this tool is a process where energy staff interact with the field personnel in identifying opportunities to reduce energy working together to eliminate waste. Macy’s is also a leader in the implementation and use of LED technology for accent lighting replacing over one million 1M PAR lamps over the last 3 years for a 73% reduction in the energy used in this lamp.