The demand for services is increasing for Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. The organization expects to save $13,381 annually on its energy bill, which it says is the equivalent of 40,143 meals. Gleaners will use its $32,376 grant to improve the efficiency of its lighting and heating and air conditioning control systems in its Pontiac, Mich. facility. The group will also install destratification fans to help better regulate air temperature at different levels of the warehouse. 

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Oregon Food Bank will use the $109,000 grant to replace old lighting in its warehouse with new, more efficient lighting. The new lights will reduce energy consumption by more than 235,000 kilowatt-hours a year to save OFB an expected $28,000 a year. The organization says that’s enough to help collect and distribute more than 86,000 meals.

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Based in Fort Lauderdale, Feeding South Florida will use its $128,884 grant to rebuild its galvanized refrigeration wall, add alarms to notify staff when the refrigeration doors have been open too long and install a flexible curtain to form a barrier when the doors are open. In addition, the organization will upgrade the lighting and heating and air conditioning control systems. The improvements will save nearly $46,000 a year in energy costs, which the food bank says is enough to provide 414,000 pounds of food to its network of 800 not-for-profits serving the South Florida community in need. 

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Heating and air conditioning controls, refrigeration equipment and lighting are the focus of the Walmart Foundation’s donation of $190,595 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. The improvements are expected to save more than $69,000 a year in energy costs, which the organization says could provide an additional 276,000 meals a year to the local community. These upgrades are also expected to reduce energy use by more than 630,000 kilowatt-hours a year.

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More than 100,000 people are served each year by the Elizabethtown-based Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland. The organization expects to save $8,874 a year on energy costs through its efficiency projects, which it says is enough to provide an additional 62,118 meals for the community. The group will use its $41,883 grant from the Walmart Foundation to tighten the seals around its freezer and refrigeration equipment and upgrade to more efficient lighting and heating and air conditioning technologies. 

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Food Bank For New York City is the city’s hub for integrated food poverty services, tackling hunger on three fronts: food distribution, income support and nutrition education. All of our work is guided by our research on food poverty in the five boroughs. The Walmart Foundation’s $382,879 grant will help the Food Bank make a number of upgrades to its warehouse facility (including upgrading lighting, heating and air conditioning systems, as well as improving the insulation of refrigeration units) that are expected to save the Food Bank $164,863 dollars a year in energy costs and reduce energy use by nearly one million kilowatt-hours. The Food Bank says the savings could help provide more than 800,000 meals to New Yorkers in need.

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New, more energy efficient lighting and “daylighting” controls to take advantage of the natural light coming through the building’s skylights are expected to save this organization more than $5,100 a year in energy costs. The food bank says the savings from the Walmart Foundation’s $24,182 grant could help provide 20,400 more meals to the 91,000 people it serves weekly in the tri-state region.

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The Albuquerque, N.M.-based organization will use its $193,027 grant to add insulation and install fans in the warehouse area. Currently, the food bank estimates it loses approximately 30,000 pounds of food per week in the summer due to the warehouse being too hot. These upgrades are expected to help Roadrunner save 360,000 pounds of food a year, valued at $576,000.

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The Tallahassee, Fla.-based organization will use its $72,973 grant from the Walmart Foundation to add insulation around its refrigeration equipment, upgrade the controls on its heating and air conditioning systems and retrofit old lighting with new, more efficient technology. These improvements are expected to save more than $22,000 in energy costs each year, which America’s Second Harvest of the Big Bend says could help provide 80,000 more meals to its communities. 

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Through its $159,390 grant, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank says it will save enough money to provide 227,600 meals to those in need in their community. The food bank will retrofit old, inefficient lighting with newer technology that is expected to use 539,000 fewer kilowatt hours of energy a year, saving the organization $32,528 annually.

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The L.A. Regional Food Bank served more than 1 million people in 2010, and expects that number to increase this year. The organization will use its $172,566 grant to retrofit old, inefficient lights in its warehouse and offices with new technology that is expected to use nearly 500,000 fewer kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. The food bank expects to save $53,593 a year on its energy bills, which it says is enough to provide 215,000 meals. 

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The Theodore, Ala. organization will remove outdated lighting and add new, more energy efficient fixtures with a $33,200 donation from the Walmart Foundation. These improvements will help the organization reduce its energy use by 46,000 kilowatt hours and $18,625 a year in energy costs, which the Bay Area Food Bank says is enough to provide 90,000 meals to the community.

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The Walmart Foundation is providing a $56,236 grant to upgrade the lighting and heating and air conditioning controls in the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina’s 40-year-old building. The organization expects to save $19,215 in energy costs and reduce its energy use by 245,565 kilowatt-hours every year. The food bank says these savings could help provide 76,860 meals every year to the more than 800 agencies it supports.

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The $52,509 grant will help the Food Bank of Western New York improve the efficiency of its lighting, refrigeration and heating and air conditioning control systems. These upgrades are expected to help the organization save $19,934 a year on its energy bills, which it says is enough to purchase more than 138,000 pounds of much-needed food. In addition to the cost savings, these improvements will reduce energy use by more than 146,000 kilowatt-hours.

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A $206,836 grant will help Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana upgrade out-of-date lighting, increase the efficiency of its refrigeration systems, adjust its bay doors and add weather stripping to reduce air leaks. When complete, the retrofits are expected to save the organization $68,858 dollars a year on its energy bills, which it says is enough money to provide more than 413,000 meals to those in need.

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Based in Charlotte, N.C., this organization distributes more than 33 million pounds of food and grocery items a year to almost 650 non-profit partner agencies. In addition to replacing outdated lights with new, more efficient technology, the Walmart Foundation’s $95,111 grant will also be used to upgrade the facility’s refrigeration equipment. When complete, these improvements are expected to save the organization $30,250 a year on its energy bills, which it says is enough money to provide 121,000 meals. 

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