Public Buildings Assistance
BayREN has launched two new public sector programs to support local governments and special districts as they work to improve the energy performance and reduce greenhouse gas emissions of their public buildings. More information about the services these programs provide is included below.
Program Offerings
The Integrated Energy Services Program focuses on providing holistic support for all energy-related building systems and includes the Energy Concierge as well as an Energy Roadmapping service. The Targeted Decarbonization Services Program is focused on building decarbonization and has the Decarbonization Showcase as well as a Decarbonization Education and Financing service.
Program Eligibility
The Integrated Energy Services and Targeted Decarbonization Services Programs are available to public buildings (also referred to as municipal buildings) owned by local governments and special districts in the nine Bay Area counties. All public buildings with an electric and/or natural gas account serviced by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) that lists an eligible local government or special district as the customer on record within the program geographic territory are eligible. Public school district buildings are not eligible for these programs at this time.
Integrated Energy Services Program
The Energy Concierge service provides an objective single point of contact to help local government and special district staff with finding and accessing technical assistance, financing, and incentive programs for their particular public buildings project. The service also assists staff with the program applications, as requested.
The Energy Roadmapping service provides free technical and engineering support to local governments and special districts to produce comprehensive and actionable roadmaps for achieving the energy efficiency, electrification, resilience, and other energy-related goals for their public buildings or Community Resilience Centers.
Targeted Decarbonization Services Program
The Decarbonization Showcase will enroll a small number of buildings across the Bay Area to pilot and demonstrate how different types of buildings can reduce or eliminate carbon emissions while improving their energy performance. Data from these projects will be used to create detailed case studies to scale these approaches to other public facilities.
This service will provide education for local government staff about operation and maintenance of decarbonization technologies, as well as techniques and options for financing the acquisition of this equipment. This program will also begin to address the cost of these technologies by leveraging other funding sources and testing incentive options.