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The Friday Report Friday May 9, 1997
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McDonald's Unveils One of America's Most Advanced
Energy-Saving
Restaurants
BAY POINT, CALIF.
McDonald's Corporation with the help of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today unveiled one of the most advanced energy-saving restaurants in the country. Located in Bay Point,
California just east of San Francisco, "The Energy-Efficient McDonald's" (T.E.E.M.)is a one-of-a-kind restaurant that is projected to use 25 percent less electricity in its first year.
The Bay Point McDonald's is designed to deliver maximum energy savings through an unprecedented array of energy-saving technologies, including computers, sky lights and high-tech sensors. The project's results will be evaluated for application at new and existing McDonald's restaurants.
"McDonald's has built energy-efficient features into our restaurants for years, but this one is taking energy conservation to a whole new level," said Bob Langert, director of environmental affairs for McDonald's Corporation.
In developing T.E.E.M., McDonald's brought together a group of energy experts, including the Department of Energy, National Audubon Society,
Commonwealth Edison, Sieben Energy Associates and Tropic-Kool Engineering Corporation, to work with its Corporate Architecture department.
"We built this restaurant from the ground up with energy conservation playing a lead role in every construction decision and detail," said Tony Spata, manager of building systems for McDonald's Corporation."T.E.E.M.
represents a tremendous cooperative effort between public and private sector organizations."
McDonald's developed the first T.E.E.M. restaurant in partnership with PG&E, with manufacturers donating most of the equipment being tested. In addition to saving energy, the advanced systems will enhance restaurant conditions for customers and employees. For example, dining area ventilation will automatically respond to the needs of its actual occupancy level, and interior air quality will continuously be monitored to further
reduce indoor pollutants.
"PG&E is proud to join with McDonald's to design and implement the most advanced energy-efficient technologies in the market today," said Tony Harris, vice president of marketing and sales for PG&E. "This will help
McDonald's achieve real cost savings, and it will give us valuable information on the use of new energy-saving technology and equipment."
The 5,000-square-foot California restaurant including its PlayPlace is projected to use 25 percent less electricity, or 100,000 kilowatt-hours, for
a projected annual savings of as much as $15,000. McDonald's operates more than 350 restaurants in PG&E's California service territory.
Although the Bay Point restaurant is the first of four T.E.E.M.
restaurants to open in the next year, it will remain unique. The other restaurants, in Atlanta, Ga., Chicago, Ill., and Phoenix, Ariz., represent different climatic conditions, energy needs and design requirements.
McDonald's is the leading foodservice retailer in the global consumer marketplace with more than 18,700 restaurants in 94 countries. Eighty-four percent of McDonald's U.S. restaurant businesses are locally owned and
operated by independent entrepreneurs.
PG&E is the largest investor-owned gas and electric utility in the United States.
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