energy
In August 2005, FedEx Express activated California’s then-largest corporate solar power installation at its Oakland, Calif., West Coast Hub. The system reduces demand on the utility grid and serves as an additional source of power capacity to benefit businesses and residents of California.
To power the facility, FedEx Express flew more than 300,000 Sharp solar cells from Japan to a Sharp facility in Memphis, where they were installed into 5,769 photovoltaic modules that convert sunlight directly into electricity.
This 904 kilowatt system can produce the equivalent of power used by more than 900 homes during the daytime, meeting up to 80 percent of the hub facility’s peak energy demand. The 81,...
At FedEx, green power starts with energy conservation at our facilities, offices and retail locations.
We continue looking for ways to conserve energy in our facilities. For instance, we use:
- Electric energy to keep our lights on, run our package sorting systems, run our copying and printing equipment, and cool and heat our facilities.
- Natural gas and fuel oil to heat our facilities.
FedEx Freight has developed a custom-facility lighting solution that reduces energy consumption by up to 93 percent. These progressive lighting solutions have been installed at 114 service centers throughout the United States. As an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star partner, FedEx Freight team members have also changed over 11,000 traditional bulbs for energy-efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs and prevented approximately 4,973,000 lbs of GHG emissions since beginning the Energy Star campaign. FedEx Office launched a company-wide...
Fuel savings at FedEx starts with a holistic examination of a customer’s supply chain. FedEx frequently works with customers to analyze and reconfigure their supply chains to enhance efficiencies and reduce customers’ overall environmental footprint.
By rebalancing our fleet and optimizing our routes, FedEx Express has improved total fleet miles per gallon within the U.S. by 14.1 percent since 2005, saving over 53 million gallons of fuel or approximately 472,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, with a goal of improving by 20 percent by 2020.
Once packages are in motion, FedEx ensures efficient transportation of goods through the FedEx Global Operations Control (GOC) -- a sophisticated operations hub that uses the most up-to-date communications technologies to track and direct the FedEx air and truck fleets.
FedEx also implements an extensive effort to educate our operations teams on how to reduce fuel consumption. For example, we work...
