But the products at good prices are enclosed in what is being called a state-of-the-art campus with more than two-dozen new, environmentally correct, and energy-efficient experimental technologies, including a number in the HVACR systems.
As shoppers enter the store, they can pick up a "treasure map" that guides them through the store and parking lot in search of those technologies. Some of the most obvious ones on the outside are ponds used to capture rainwater, which is then used to water trees and plants in dry times. It is aided by a small windmill and a wind turbine nearly half the height of the Statue of Liberty, designed to reduce the consumption of electricity from utility companies.