by Rebecca Walker — February 22, 2010—Safeway, Inc., which has 1,730 stores in the U.S. and western Canada, contracted with environmental and energy management software firm Hara to help reduce energy consumption as well as the retail grocer’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Safeway is using Hara to consolidate its energy and environmental data onto a single, centralized platform. That platform will collect, monitor and manage information on energy costs, greenhouse gas emissions and market data from Safeway’s facilities.
With the information, the system can forecast and model energy use at the firm’s stores, distribution centers and fuel stations, which is to enable Safeway to better control its consumption and utility spending, says Hara.
Hara, a startup based in Redwood City, Calif., launched its environmental and energy management software (Hara EEM) in June 2009.