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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 21, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />RECEIVE AND FILE — NEW BUILDING <br />INSTITUTE RESEARCH PROJECT <br />BENEFITING THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, <br />FUNDED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY <br />COMMISSION <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6,2) <br />�_ ���ItAlIf <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file the California Energy Commission Research Project overview. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The New Building Institute (NBI) is a nonprofit organization that works to improve energy <br />performance of commercial buildings. Working together with TRC Engineers (TRC) and the <br />Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (LBNL), NBI is leading a major research project to address the <br />need for greatly improved energy use in California's existing commercial buildings through the <br />implementation of cost-effective and scalable solutions. The project, funded by the California <br />Energy Commission (CEC), was launched in June 2017 and is focused particularly in the Los <br />Angeles Basin where energy constraints from the Aliso Canyon fuel leak are acute. <br />The project, called Leading in Los Angeles (LA), is a 3 -year field demonstration of innovative, pre- <br />market, energy -efficiency technologies for high -energy -use building systems, such as interior <br />lighting, HVAC, and electric loads on typical office wall plugs. The specific technologies selected <br />for this project — or Integrated Technologies for Energy-efficient Retrofits (INTER) solutions set — <br />are comprised of automated self -powered shades made by Rollease Acmeda, and advanced <br />lighting and plug load systems and controls produced by Enlighted. Additionally, the project <br />includes advanced controls and metering to provide real-time data on energy usage. The <br />technologies will be combined and customized for the selected buildings and spaces to effect an <br />estimated whole building energy use reduction of up to 32%. <br />The facilities selected for the Leading in LA project must be owned by a public agency, be served <br />electricity by an Investor Owned Utility (i.e., Southern California Edison), and must be located in a <br />disadvantaged community. Before installation, the INTER solution set will first be lab tested at <br />LBNL FlexLab, then customized for each demonstration site. <br />19J-1 <br />