driven by the triple bottom line
In 2008 when the SFPUC published its Sustainability Plan and Program, kW Engineering began start-to-finish energy efficiency project implementation to help meet aggressive sustainability goals.
annual utility savings
$1M
annual energy savings
5M kWh
annual gas savings
145M therms
square feet
3.1M
organization-wide sustainability
The SFPUC is a department of the City and County of San Francisco that provides drinking water, wholesale water, and power with a mission to deliver these services sustainably.
summary
In efforts to reduce energy consumption, electrical demand, greenhouse gas emissions and maintenance costs in city-run facilities including City Hall, office buildings, libraries, homeless shelters, and museums, we provide:
- energy auditing & assessment,
- project management,
- construction management,
- commissioning,
- measurement and verification, and
- incentive program development services.
strategies
For sites with high energy use, we complete energy audits, specify and design solutions, provide construction management, and measurement and verification.
Specification and design includes creating bid documents for mechanical and lighting contractors, conducting and scheduling contractor facility walk-throughs, reviewing contractor bids, and aiding selection.
Construction management includes providing owner representation and quality control throughout the construction phase.
We also provided the energy audit and commissioning in support of City Hall becoming the oldest building in the country to achieve LEED Platinum Status under the Existing Building Operations and Management (EBOM).
city hall image source: David Baron from San Francisco, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
