Every little helps – Tesco opens Ireland’s first “zero-carbon store” - 13 Jan 2012 - News from BusinessGreen

Supermarket promises to return as much renewable energy to the grid as it uses

It may have just seen £4bn wiped off its value following worse than expected results over the Christmas period, but supermarket giant Tesco has one cause to celebrate this week after the company opened its first "zero-carbon store" in Ireland. The store, which is the fourth "zero-carbon store" to be opened since 2009 following similar projects in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and Powys, is located in the Cabra suburb of Dublin.

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To meet Tesco's "zero-carbon" standards the supermarket has been designed to first curb energy demand and then use onsite renewable energy technologies to ensure that over the course of a year it "transfers as much renewable energy to the National Grid as it uses".