19J - NEW BUILDING RESEARCH PROJ

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Receive and File — New Building Institute Research Project Funded by California Energy Commission August 21, 2018 Page 2 The research project has two fundamental goals: 1. Validate the commercial viability and scalability of INTER systems in existing commercial buildings. 2. Accelerate market adoption of INTER systems to address Los Angeles Basin and statewide needs for energy and carbon reductions through deep energy efficiency retrofits. The project objectives are: 1. Demonstrate energy savings and improved comfort of INTER systems. 2. Identify and address market barriers to wider acceptance and adoption. 3. Develop scalable technology packages, integration guidelines, case studies, utility program ideas and energy code connections to facilitate widespread implementation. Santa Ana Facilities TRC has evaluated Santa Ana facilities located within the Southern California Edison service territory and disadvantaged communities, and has identified City Hall and the Ross Annex as two facilities that could benefit from some or all of the technologies in this project. In light of the City's current budget constraints, the project components have been determined to be of significant value to the City by the Fleet and Facilities Maintenance Manager and were approved by the Executive Director of Finance and Management Services Agency. Funding The grant was awarded by the CEC to the NBI/TRC/LBNL Team in the total amount of $4,981,000 to fund this project. Match funding of $1,725,500 (a minimum of 20% was required) is primarily being provided by the technology partners (Rollease Acmeda and Enlighted) through the discounting of equipment and installation costs. No match funding is requested from Santa Ana, nor are there maintenance costs to the City during the grant period. At the completion of the grant period, the City will have the option to have any or all equipment removed at no cost. Should the City choose to retain the equipment, the City will assume future maintenance costs, estimated to be less than standard maintenance costs, due to the type of energy efficient equipment. The City's role is as a host site and will benefit from the installation of state-of-the-art energy efficient technologies at no cost. In return, Santa Ana will agree to participate for the life of the grant, which ends on December 31, 2020. As this is a research and demonstration project, the Team will need access to the site(s) for the term, in order to install the equipment, monitor operations, maintain the equipment, and collect data. All site access for installation, maintenance, and monitoring will be coordinated by TRC with Santa Ana staff so as not to disrupt operations. 19J-2