Office Buildings Money-Back Solutions

Commercial office buildings use up to one-third of a building’s operating expenses in energy. By saving energy, you can reduce costs, increase your building’s value, achieve LEED and ENERGY STAR^® ratings, improve tenant satisfaction and retention, and make your office operations more productive.

Find Rebates Fast: The Money Back Tool

Need a quick way to find office-related savings? Use the Money Back Tool to instantly see a list of rebates, and how much you could be saving.

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Save More Over Time: Incentives

Businesses can save even more with incentives*: payments that you can receive for using energy-efficient products in new projects. When you’re eligible for an incentive, PG&E will work with you to create a customized energy-efficiency plan that includes technical advice, onsite energy audits and more.

Here's how it works:

Contact us to see if you're eligible:
Talk with your PG&E account manager
Call the Business Customer Service Center at 1-877-341-4743
Schedule a site visit with PG&E.
Discuss an Energy Audit.
Develop your project with PG&E's wide range of resources and services.

*To be eligible for an incentive, businesses must submit a complete application form and receive PG&E approval before making any purchases.

Cash Incentive Calculation Assistance

To learn more about how your business may qualify for customized energy-saving incentives, talk with PG&E’s team of engineers. Just call your PG&E Account Manager or the PG&E Business Customer Service Center at 1-800-468-4743.

Case Studies

See how these PG&E customers were able to expand and improve their facilities while saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy use.

Curtis Instruments, Inc.- Peak Day Pricing Case Study (PDF, 266 KB)
LeBoulanger- Peak Day Pricing Case Study (PDF, 288 KB)
Bank of America (PDF, 208 KB)
Adobe Systems (PDF, 677 KB)
Laser Devices (PDF, 192 KB)
Yahoo! (PDF, 328 KB)

Classes and Workshops: Pacific Energy Center

Want to learn more about how to create energy-efficient buildings and comfortable indoor environments? Take free, local classes and workshops at your PG&E Training Center. Learn about and access the many services and resources we can provide for your office buildings.

Stockton Training Center | Pacific Training Center

On-Bill Financing

Improve your facilities without large outlays of cash. PG&E will finance the project, and you pay the loan—interest-free—through your monthly utility bills. Commercial office building customers may qualify for loans between $5,000 and $100,000, with loan periods of up to 60 months. Learn more >>

Demand Response Events: Energy-Saving Tips

It’s easy for office buildings in California to save both energy and money. PG&E offers money-back incentives to businesses that use less energy during peak demand times. Make it a creative challenge: Ask your employees to come up with ideas that make it fun for your entire company to save energy together.

Try these energy-saving tips for your facilities:

Air Conditioning

Precool work areas, then cycle any air-volume heating, ventilation air conditioning units.
Temporarily reset the static pressure in variable air-volume air-conditioning units.
Turn off ceiling fans and room fans, and raise temperature settings.
Use ventilation control: By temporarily reducing your building’s external airflow, you can reduce the demand on your cooling systems.

Machines and Equipment

Turn down, adjust or turn off the following:
- Beverage vending machines and chillers
- Boilers, pumps, fans and equipment that are not in use (especially in printing facilities)
- Decorative features such as fountains, lighting, and ambient audio and video displays
- Excess elevator banks and escalators (as permitted)
- Fans, pumps and chillers
- Nonessential indoor and outdoor lighting, signage, window displays and office equipment (such as printers, copiers, shredders and coffeemakers).
Charge batteries and battery-operated equipment before an event. Then, unplug battery chargers and use only precharged equipment during an event.
Schedule icemaker use before or after an event.
Reset chilled water temperatures.

Tasks and Processes

Use less office equipment: Schedule in-person meetings during events.
Adjust employee schedules and shifts, and finish dishwashing and housekeeping activities, before or after an event.

Fact Sheets

Information for Commercial Office Building customers on PG&E’s services, solutions and programs; and California energy standards.

Office Buildings Segment Fact Sheet (PDF, 104 KB)
Automated Benchmarking Service Fact Sheet (PDF, 186 KB)
Retrocommissioning Fact Sheet (PDF, 146 KB)
LEED Fact Sheet (PDF, 419 KB)
California High Performance Lighting Program Fact Sheet (PDF, 304 KB)

LEED Certification

If you’re a commercial building owner or operator, the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification—in partnership with the ENERGY STAR^® program—can help you build significant cost savings, as well as improve occupancy and rental rates. PG&E offers many energy-efficiency incentives and rebates for commercial businesses, as well as an Automated Benchmarking Service to track improvements in your energy use.

Contact Us

Business Customer Service Center
1-800-468-4743

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