Minergie supermarket

In Amriswil, canton of Thurgau, Migros realises the first Swiss supermarket that has virtually no heating and has been awarded the Minergie label. In Amriswil, Migros saves 22,000 litres of heating oil a year through various targeted measures and reduces the building's CO2 emissions by 57 tonnes per year. Besides good thermal insulation, heat recovery is also a major factor: refrigeration and freezer units produce waste heat that is distributed throughout the supermarket and used for heating. Migros' first Minergie-certified building is the redeveloped high-rise on Limmatplatz in Zurich. Over the past 15 years, Migros has cut absolute heat energy consumption by 14% at its stores.