Office of the Future 25% Solution
Project Number ET09SDGE0014 Organization SDG&E End-use Whole Building Sector Commercial Project Year(s) 2009 - 2010Project Summary
The Office of the Future Collaborative (OTFC) strives to uncover a strategy for efficiency in commercial office buildings that incorporates integrated design strategies, proven technologies, innovative leasing arrangements, and an enhanced partnership between the interested parties to create a new standard for programmatic goals. The Office of the Future is a consortium of some of the nation’s largest energy utilities and private companies, formed to find new ways to address energy efficiency in the office segment of the commercial buildings market.In addition to providing a pilot site for implementing the recommended measures of the Office of the Future’s 25% Solution, San Diego Gas & Electric’s Emerging Technologies Program’s objective with this assessment was to : * Assess the persistent energy reduction potential of high quality, efficient lighting controlled by an advanced lighting control system. * Determine the customer’s perspective regarding the degree of difficulty in properly installing the lighting and ALCS. * Understand occupant acceptance of controlled light levels.
This project will provide:
1) Better understanding of the high quality lighting design measures of the 25% Solution
2) Validate the reductions projected by modeling of the 25% Solution by isolating the categorical measures
This project will help tenants, building owners and managers understand the value of implementing the 25% Solution. By doing so, the hope is to achieve rapid adoption of the recommendations provided in the 25% Solution.