US Meals opens seventieth distribution middle in California

US Meals Holding Corp. opened its seventieth distribution facility, situated in Sacramento, California, in accordance with a press launch.

The 355,000-square-foot distribution facility and buyer engagement coaching middle displays a wide range of sustainable constructing and fleet initiatives undertaken by US Meals, making it probably the most environmentally sustainable distribution facility the corporate has constructed thus far.

Highlights embody:

• Photo voltaic array installations to be put in later this yr are anticipated to generate between 40-50% of the constructing’s power wants.
• Power-saving LED lighting, environmentally optimized HVAC programs, refrigeration programs that don’t make the most of water for evaporative cooling and water-saving landscaping.
• A fleet of 27 compressed pure gasoline vehicles fueled by renewable pure gasoline, a carbon-neutral biogas produced from the decomposition of natural matter.
• An onsite fueling station that can present renewable diesel to the power’s fleet.