Chipotle Cuts Energy Use, Optimizes Restaurants with GridPoint Energy Management
Helps company surpass its efficiency and sustainability goals
RESTON, Va. — Energy management system supplier GridPoint announced that its submetering, monitoring, and intelligent building control technology, combined with cloud-based analytics software and services, has helped Chipotle restaurants reduce energy usage by more than 13 percent over a multi-year period.
As part of its energy reduction strategy, the restaurants started with the implementation of asset-level submetering and centralized management of air conditioning and override thresholds to optimize savings without sacrificing the comfort of its restaurant guests. GridPoint’s energy management system (EMS) is currently installed in multiple restaurants across Chipotle’s three brands: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Pizzeria Locale, and ShopHouse. The solution includes HVAC control, temperature monitoring, and asset-level submetering which details energy expenditure of specific equipment pieces including HVAC units, walk-in coolers, kitchen hoods, and steam tables.