Carrefour, the second largest retailer in the world, has just announced that it will open its first 'Green Store "in Beijing before the 2008 Olympic Games. David Monaco, asset and construction director of Carrefour China, had little experience with green building, and was struggling with how to translate the ad specifications for store design and operations. Monaco, to assess the situation carefully, and from an environmental and economic point of view. In addition, he must take the regulatory infrastructure situation in China into account, where no official green building standard exists and only few suppliers of power equipment, saving work. He had already collected energy and cost data from multiple suppliers, and wondered how it could be used to decide among environmental technology options. Given that at least 150 additional company stores were scheduled for opening or reconstruction over the next three years in China, the project will have long-term implications for Carrefour. "Hide
by Andreas Schotter, Paul Beamish, Robert Klassen Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 19 pages. Publication Date: 09 May 2008. Prod. #: 908M48-PDF-ENG
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