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Cabela’s® streamlines the design and construction process while
improving both energy management and energy efficiency using
Lighting Control from Schneider Electric
Retail facilities rely on tasteful, well-designed lighting to draw
Objective
• Streamline design and construction
processes across all stores
• Accrue greater energy efficiency and
cost savings
• Balance need for adequate lighting with
energy efficiency
• Reasonable return on investment
• Easy functionality for employees
• Employ occupancy sensing
• Specialized lighting scenes for
designated areas within the building
• Monitor energy usage to begin load shed programming
customers to their wares. While this is a proven strategy
to boost sales, the energy usage consequences can be
significant – for example, a typical retail store’s electrical load
dedicated to lighting can be as much as 50 percent or more.
For this reason, chain retailers are relying on the aggressive
use of lighting control technologies to balance the need for
adequate lighting with energy efficiency and cost savings,
along with reasonable return on investment.
Cabela’s® is a great example. The Sidney, Neb.- based
purveyor of outdoor clothing and gear for hunting, camping
and fishing had been using a variety of lighting control
technologies from multiple suppliers prior to 2006. But
there was an opportunity to accrue greater energy and cost
savings through uniform equipment and building product
Solution
• Powerlink® G3 2000 Level Intelligent
Lighting Control Panelboards
standards, including lighting control, for all new locations.
True, Cabela’s did have extensive building automation
• Square D Commercial Grade
Occupancy Sensors
systems and equipment in place, including lighting control.
• Powerlogic Power Meters
system and brand consistency. In 2006, the standard for
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But whenever the company built a new store, there was little
all new Cabela’s stores became Powerlink® G3 2000 Level
intelligent lighting control panelboards, commercial grade
occupancy sensors and PowerLogic® power meters, all from
Schneider Electric.
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Cabela’sTM: Streamline the Design and Construction Process
Benefits
•
Total of 10 new stores opened between
2006 and 2008 found to be 21 percent
more energy efficient than existing
counterparts
Application
To streamline the design and construction processes and
improve both energy management and energy efficiency, a
plan was put in place in 2006 to develop uniform standards
for temperature and lighting control, and electrical and
• Major contributor to $1 million savings
in energy costs
mechanical equipment. In addition to spending substantial
• Immediate 12 percent energy
improvement
considering areas where lighting control could be deployed
• Uniform lighting control standards
implemented
understanding of how Cabela’s uses its stores throughout
• Occupancy sensors installed to manage
lighting unoccupied spaces
•
Power meters installed to provide
constant flow of information to
prompt more astute energy-related
decision making
• Convenience of interconnecting with
building automation system eliminates
need for multiple systems
• One- to two-year return on technology
investment
time studying the design of existing stores and strategically
in new stores to increase energy and cost savings, a full
both a day and a year was ascertained.
Based on those conversations and a desire to
simultaneously improve energy and cost savings while
maintaining realistic budgets and achieving a reasonable
payback period, it was decided to circuit stores so that after
store hours, half the general lighting in the retail area, as
well as all accent and display lighting, would be turned off.
In addition, it was determined that incorporating “handsoff” lighting and occupancy sensing would play a big role in
the overall success of this project. Also, by alternating which
fixtures were turned off, the lifecycle of lamps and ballasts
would be increased, and in turn, lower maintenance costs.
The security system, fire alarm and generator transfer switch
were also tied into a store’s Powerlink 2000 Level intelligent
lighting control panelboard, to force all lighting to turn on
during alarm periods.
Objectives
- Streamline design and construction processes for all stores
- Increase energy efficiency and save money while providing adequate lighting
- Employ occupancy sensing and easy-to-use “hands-off” lighting for employees
- Monitor energy usage
Cabela’sTM: Streamline the Design and Construction Process
Solution
For the manager of a Cabela’s store built since 2006, lighting
is essentially a hands-off proposition. There is a front-end
master controller located within the Powerlink G3 2000 level
intelligent lighting control panelboard in the store’s electrical
room, which is connected to the Internet via Ethernet.
Anywhere from four to 10 lighting control subpanels are
dispersed throughout the store, depending on its size, each
of which also contain a controller that alters lighting based on
the schedules within the master controller or commands from
occupancy sensors.
Dundee Store Interior
In a typical day, a store manager shouldn’t have any concerns
about lighting. By the time he gets in, lights are staging up.
Thirty minutes before opening, feature lights on the sales
floor are coming on. At 9 p.m., the lights begin turning off, and
by 10 p.m. they are down to night-time lighting requirements.
Exterior lighting, including signage and parking lot lights, also
are scheduled into the controller residing within the intelligent
lighting control panelboard.
The convenience facilitated by the lighting control standards
for both individual store managers and Cabela’s corporate
facilities staff is significant. For example, Ethernet access
built into the controllers within the intelligent lighting control
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panelboards means lighting schedules for all stores connected
to the network can be changed via the Internet. Lighting
schedules can be changed remotely and automatically based
on the need, which is one less concern for a store manager.
As part of Cabela’s equipment and building product
standardization, high-bay warehouse lighting in new stores
was shifted from metal-halide fixtures that were typically
on most of the day to high-bay fluorescent fixtures that are
controlled by Commercial Grade occupancy sensors from
Cabela’sTM: Streamline the Design and Construction Process
Schneider Electric. This change has played an important role
in managing lighting in an area that is used infrequently – but
has high potential for energy waste. Once motion is detected
by an occupancy sensor in a given aisle, lights turn on until
motion is no longer detected. If there is no activity detected
for 10 minutes, lights turn off. Occupancy sensors are used in
storage rooms, offices, electric rooms, the employee break
room and the restrooms.
While lighting control has played a significant role in increasing
energy efficiency in both new Cabela’s stores and upgraded
existing locations, equipment and building standardization has
also helped the facilities team better manage energy usage.
For example, PowerLogic power meters from Schneider
Electric are standard in all new stores and provide a constant
flow of information that can prompt decision-making that can
increase energy efficiency even further. Power metering allows
Cabela’s to track the energy usage of various stores and see
actual energy usage throughout the year.
Benefits
- Total of 10 new stores opened between 2006 and 2008 found to be 21 percent more energy efficient than existing counterparts
- Major contributor to $1 million savings in energy costs
- Immediate 12 percent energy improvement
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