€47m NIB loan finances Lidl’s green buildings in Sweden
The Nordic Investment and Lidl Sverige have signed an SEK500 million (€47 million) to finance the construction new BREEAM Excellent certified stores, headquarters and logistics operations in Sweden.
The ten-year loan will finance the construction of Sweden’s first Zero-CO2 store in Visby, Gotland, which is a common pilot project of Lidl and the Sweden Green Building Council. Zero-CO2 is a new green building standard for climate-neutral buildings that aim to become CO2 neutral over the course of their life cycle.
The new Lidl store in Visby will have energy efficient lighting and heating, which will include the recycling of waste heat, as well as solar panels on the roof, eco-zones for insects and birds, and charging stations for electric cars and bikes.
The loan will also partly finance the construction of Lidl Sverige’s new headquarters and an adjacent store in Barkarby, Stockholm. Construction is ongoing and is scheduled for completion during autumn 2020.
Further, the loan finances in part the construction of Lidl’s new greenfield warehouse in Örebro, which was completed in October 2019.
