Financial incentives are available to support the installation of energy efficiency measures to attain low pressure drop in your lab air delivery system, including reducing the Air Changes per Hour [ACH] within Safety Codes and Guidelines.

Under PG&E's Nonresidential Customized Energy Efficiency programs, fume hoods with a variable air volume [VAV] exhaust system and /or auto-sash closure are eligible for financial incentives.

PG&E offers incentives for installing air flow setback in your lab when unoccupied.

PG&E has a team of qualified engineers and design consultants who have extensive experience in biotech and are aware of FDA-GMP and other industry requirements

PG&E offers a variety of programs tailored to the specific needs and energy efficiency goals of each customer. Programs may include rebates, incentives for customized calculations, or technical assistance and contracted services from third parties. Please contact your account representative or the PG&E Business Customer Service Center for more information and guidance in assessing your particular situation.

Please contact your account representative or the PG&E Business Customer Service Center for more information and guidance in assessing your particular situation.

PG&E’s biotech customers have had success with the following practices for demand response Event Days:

• Turn off non-essential indoor/outdoor lighting, signage, window displays and office equipment not in use (i.e., printers, copiers, shredders, coffee makers)
• Turn off decorative features, such as fountains, lighting and ambient audio and video displays
• Pre-cool work areas, then cycle constant air volume heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units or temporarily reset static pressure in variable air. volume HVAC, turn off ceiling fans and room fans, and raise temperature settings
• Implement load-cycling, temperature resetting, and pre-cooling in facilities with package AC units
• Turn off beverage vending machines and shift use of icemakers before or after an event
• Schedule meetings during events to minimize use of equipment
• Charge batteries and battery-operated equipment prior to an event, then unplugging battery chargers and use only pre-charged equipment during the event
• Adjust employee schedules so that times of increased production or energy use occur before or after planned events
• Turn off non-essential process and pumping equipment
• Shut down or cycle air compressors, air handlers and ventilation systems
• Turn off or turn down chillers, and reset chilled water temperature or variable speed drive controls
• Curtail process loads that can be served by generators or alternative fuels
• Produce extra product a day ahead, and do only packaging on the Event Day
• In laboratories, reschedule tests to occur before or after an event

• Energy-Efficiency Baselines for Clean Rooms (PDF, 201 KB)
• Energy-Efficiency Baselines for Datacenters (PDF, 451 KB)
• Energy-Efficiency Baselines for Laboratories (PDF, 203 KB)
• Best Practices for Cleanrooms (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Best Practices for Data Centers (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Best Practices for Laboratories (PDF, 3.9 MB)

• Department of Energy - Fume Hood Sash Stickers
• Genentech (PDF, 273 KB)
• BD Biosciences (PDF, 277 KB)
• Elan (PDF, 164 KB)
• Revance (PDF, 145 KB)
• Green Research Labs (PDF, 76 KB)
• Lifescan (PDF, 242 KB)
• Santa Clara County Crime Lab (PDF, 187 KB)
• Berkeley Li Ka-Shing Laboratory Design (PDF, 181 KB)

• Fume Hood Fact Sheet (PDF, 810 KB)
• Steam Traps Fact Sheet (PDF, 234 KB)
• Energy Efficient Lab Design (Li Ka-Shing, Center for Biomedical & Health Sciences, UCBerkeley (PDF, 181 KB)

• Selected Laboratory Energy-Efficiency Measures (PDF, 115 KB)
• Biotech, Profiles of Excellence (PDF, 701 KB)
• Fume Hood Sash Management (PDF, 195 KB)