1. THE NEW STORE CONCEPT SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS FOR 7-ELEVEN CORPORATION
CURT TRUMAN, BSc, MPA, MSUS
LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE
U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL

2. http://cal-city. com/PROJECT/P/mandel3. htmhttps://www. flickr

3. Franchisees 10 Stores THE CLIENT: MATT & PAM
7‑Eleven world’s largest convenience store
60,000 stores in 18 countries
10,700 are in North America
Average Store:
2,200 to 3,000 square feet
2,000 customers a day
64% are 18 – 35 yrs. Old
Average sale $12.00 per person
2,500 different products

4. THE SUSTAINBLE NEW STORE CONCEPT
This project will focus on two sustainable concepts:
THE SUSTAINBLE NEW STORE CONCEPT
Using recycled, adaptive reuse and repurposed materials
Shipping Containers as new retail stores.
Using Starbuck’s new Green Building store concept as a Comparison

5. A PROPOSED NEW SUPPLY CHAIN
Breaking ranks from the corporate supply chain.
Introducing new options at the local store level for fresh and locally sourced products.

7. Starbucks has more than 24,000 stores in 70 countries

8. USING SHIPPPING CONTAINERS
FOR SUSTAINABLE RETAILING AROUND THE WORLD

9. WHY CONTAINERS?
According to US Dept. of Transportation more than 700,000 loaded containers are abandoned each year in the US alone.
1 million are shed from the transportation industry every year
Cheaper to sell them, rather than refurbish, store or scrapped
COST: $1,500 – $5,000 per unit
250,000,000 sit vacant worldwide

10. USING SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPALS
THE NEW STORE CONCEPT
C2C building materials
Recycled building materials, adaptive reuse, and repurposed – locally sourced
Using Green Building strategies to have a net positive environmental impact
Use a full-cycle of alternative energy sources Solar & Wind & Battery
Use rainwater and grey water for parking lots, exterior buildings and landscape
Landscape bio-swales water retention and recycling redemptions centers on-site

14. FUTURE BUILDING SITES: urban cities
Why will the new Store Concept work in urban cities ?
Brick and mortar
Sustainable development
Access to food and services
Vacant, abandoned and HUD lots
Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and et al., ………

15. According to LA Open Acres website:
GREEN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
According to LA Open Acres website:
19,808 vacant lots on 6,759 acres in
Los Angeles, California
Source:

16. A PROPOSED NEW SUPPLY CHAIN
Breaking ranks from the corporate supply chain.
There is limited product selection at the local
store level for fresh and locally sourced products.

17. list of 2,500 pre-selected items
Enormous carbon footprint from 7-Eleven transportation and logistics

19. http://goodfoodla. org/good-food/what-is-a-foodshed http://designtaxi

20. The Deliverables

21. THANK YOU
AND
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