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First 'eco-friendly' convenience store to open in Wisconsin
Published April 3, 2008 - BizTimes Daily
Good to Go, which bills itself as the nation's "first ecologically friendly convenience store, car wash and alternate fuel station," will open its first location in Grand Chute on May 1.
The store will be built to specifications of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, which is administered by the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit coalition of building industry leaders.
The company plans to bring Good to Go to at least 150 more neighborhoods in Wisconsin, Iowa and northern Illinois by 2010.
"When it comes to our customers, we haven't set out to change the direction the wind blows. Rather, we have adjusted our sails," said Angie Nikolas, vice president of neighborhood relations for Good to Go. "We're very proud to bring 24-hour convenience that minimizes the impact we make on our environment."
The car wash will use a water cleaning and reclamation system that will save more than 2 million gallons of fresh water each year. In addition to saving fresh water, the car wash uses bio-friendly detergents, efficient LED lighting and natural sunlight to cut down on electricity use.
The Good to Go ECOnvenience Center features a green roof with plants and sod that minimize absorption of sunlight that could heat the building and force overuse of its HVAC system; energy savings during the summer cooling season can be as much as 25 percent. The soil also acts like a sponge to absorb rain and reduce storm water runoff by as much as 95 percent after a one-inch downpour.
