Resources for Wholesale Warehouses
LEED Certification
Interest in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for commercial buildings is growing at a fast pace. Building owners and operators recognize that the LEED green building certification—and its integration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® program—can help them improve their occupancy and rental rates. PG&E can help commercial building owners and operators meet their LEED goals by offering energy-efficiency incentives and rebates to reduce energy use and costs. PG&E also offers customers an Automated Benchmarking Service that helps commercial building owners track improvements in their energy use over time.
Training
Pacific Energy Center (PEC)
Want to learn more about energy efficiency or find out what other industry professionals are doing to be more green? Sign up at for energy efficiency training. Most classes and services are free for PG&E customers and for those who serve them.
Case Studies
- Sears (PDF, 361 KB)
- Animal Supply Company (PDF, 502 KB)
- Chick Packaging (PDF, 221 KB)
Fact Sheets and Tech Briefs
- Office Building Energy Management Fact Sheet (PDF, 121 KB)
- Automated Benchmarking Service Fact Sheet (PDF, 186 KB)
- Retrocommissioning Fact Sheet (PDF, 192 KB)
- Interior High-Bay Lighting Fact Sheet (PDF, 344 KB)
- LEED Fact Sheet (PDF, 419 KB)
- California High Performance Lighting Program Fact Sheet (PDF, 304 KB)
- Title 24 Refrigerated Warehouse Technical Brief (PDF, 275 KB)
Tips
Warehouses are prime targets for demand response reduction opportunities. Consider 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 re-set static pressure in variable air volume HVAC, turn off ceiling fans and room fans, and raise temperature settings.
- Some facilities with package AC units can do load cycling, temperature reset, and possibly pre-cooling.
- Turn off beverage vending machines and shift use of icemakers before or after an event.
- Conduct meetings during events to minimize use of equipment.
- Charge batteries and battery-operated equipment, such as forklifts and conveyers, before or after an event.
- Adjust employee schedules and shifts so that times of increased production or energy use occur before or after planned events.
- Schedule non-essential operations to before or after an event.
- Apply ventilation control – temporarily reducing outside airflow can help reduce cooling demand.
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