Real Buildings, Real Savings, Real Impact
The power of building optimization is best illustrated through the success of building owners and property managers who have embraced energy efficiency as a core strategy.
These are not hypothetical scenarios—real buildings across California are realizing tangible improvements every day through smart, science-driven action.
By implementing energy-efficient strategies and adopting building optimization technologies, owners and managers are unlocking a cascade of measurable benefits:
- Reduced Utility Costs: Efficient systems and proactive resource management significantly lower electricity, gas, and water expenses, creating direct savings for ownership and more attractive operating costs for tenants.
- Higher Lease Value & Marketability: Energy-optimized buildings command higher lease rates and increased tenant demand. Prospective tenants and corporate occupiers now factor energy performance, utility predictability, and sustainability certifications into leasing decisions.
- Decarbonization Alignment: Building owners are under increasing pressure to lower carbon emissions. Energy optimization supports decarbonization strategies by reducing demand on the grid and minimizing a building’s carbon footprint without major infrastructure changes.
- Operational Resilience: Optimized buildings run smarter. Real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and advanced controls reduce downtime, mitigate risk, and extend equipment lifespan, driving down operating costs and increasing asset value.
- Regulatory & Incentive Readiness: Buildings that prioritize efficiency are better positioned to comply with evolving state and local regulations, while also qualifying for incentive programs, rebates, and carbon credits.
- The power of building optimization is best illustrated through the experiences of those who have already embarked on the Energy Efficiency journey.
- Their stories demonstrate that the benefits of energy optimization are not theoretical; they’re being realized every day in buildings across California.
- Casino
- Annualized Savings – $328,300
- Annualized kWh – 1,725,700
- ROI – 1.8 years
- CO2 Savings (metric tons) – 258
- Hospital
- Annualized Savings – $114,000
- Annualized kWh – 580,320
- ROI – 2.1 years
- CO2 Savings (metric tons) – 308
- Commercial Office Building
- HVMC Assessment and Repairs
- Annualized Savings – $147,200
- Annualized kWh – 650,950
- ROI – 1.9 years
- CO2 Savings (metric tons) – 97
