食品杂货店和餐厅代表了两种最耗能的商业建筑类型。一些商店将这两种建筑类型组合在一个屋顶下，创造了一个具有挑战性的空间和系统类型组合。然而，这些建筑也代表了探索和展示各种效率措施的巨大机会。美国能源部（DOE）认识到了这一潜力，并成立了商业建筑合作伙伴关系（CBP）计划，与零售和商业房地产领域的选定公司合作，探索和实施大型市场的节能措施。国家可再生能源实验室根据CBP计划与全食市场合作，在北卡罗来纳州罗利设计并实施一家新店。其结果是，与ASHRAE标准90.1-2004相比，设计预计节能40%，与标准设计相比节能25%。竣工建筑物的性能测量表明，该建筑物未达到预期性能。 开业数月后，对该项目进行了详细审查，发现有几个施工和控制项目没有得到正确实施，在调试过程中也没有得到充分纠正。在调试期间，约有一半的项目被发现，但纠正问题的后续行动非常缓慢。从该项目中吸取的经验教训包括:采取的效率措施，以及业主、设计师、承包商和调试代理之间就绩效进行密切沟通的必要性。明确记录、传达和实施建筑和每个系统的设计意图非常重要。引用:德克萨斯州达拉斯ASHRAE会议论文。

Grocery stores and restaurants represent two of the most energy intensive commercial building types. Some stores combine these two building types under one roof creating a challenging combination of space and system types. However, these buildings also represent tremendous opportunities to explore and demonstrate a variety of efficiency measures. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized this potential and formed the Commercial Building Partnership (CBP) program to work with select companies in retail and commercial real estate to explore and implement energy savings measures across a large market. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory partnered with Whole Foods Market under the CBP program to design and implement a new store in Raleigh, North Carolina. The result was a design with a predicted energy savings of 40% over ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004, and 25% energy savings over their standard design. Measured performance of the as-built building showed that the building did not achieve the predicted performance. A detailed review of the project several months after opening revealed several construction and controls items that were not implemented properly and were not fully corrected in the commissioning process. About half of the items were noticed during commissioning, but follow up to correct the problems was very slow. The lessons learned from this project include the efficiency measures put in place and the need for close communications regarding performance between the owner, designers, contractors, and commissioning agent. It is very important that the design intent of the building and each system be clearly documented, communicated, and implemented.