1700 California Street Profile |
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| Location | 1700 California Street in San Francisco |
| Square Footage | 140,000 |
| Type of Institution | Residential/Commercial |
| Energy Efficiency Upgrades | Lighting and Exit Signs |
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San Francisco Energy Watch has assisted a wide spectrum of industries, including restaurants, schools, retail stores, offices, residential properties, hotels, and more. The primary purpose of this program is to reduce energy use in San Francisco in keeping with the city's long-range plans to make San Francisco more environmentally sustainable.
"We received help in financing the work, the installation took place without a hitch, finished ahead of schedule and the lights look great."
- 1700 California Street Management
1700 California Street is a combined residential and commercial building in San Francisco. Twenty-one tenants occupy five floors of commercial space.
The property management retrofitted 1273 linear fluorescent fixtures, replaced 75 incandescent lamps with CFLs, and switched 122 Exit Signs with LED Exit Signs. A year after the upgrades were made the actual savings totaled over $52,000, resulting in a Return of Investment (ROI) in the first year of 97 percent. Savings attained from energy efficient lighting therefore went straight to the bottom line.
A year after the upgrades were made the actual savings totaled over $52,000, resulting in a Return of Investment (ROI) in the first year of 97 percent. Savings attained from energy efficient lighting therefore went straight to the bottom line. The Department of the Environment's expert turnkey services made the whole process easy and quick.
Benefits include:
SAVINGS SNAPSHOT | |
| Total Project Cost | $71,762 |
| Program Incentive | $17,625 |
| Customer's Co-Pay | $54,137 |
| Annual Savings | $52,500 |
| kW Reduction | 67.7 |
| Payback | 1.03 years |
