LOW CARBON LEADERS
A New Partnership Opportunity
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Your Challenge
No stranger to environmental stewardship, you have been benchmarking water and energy use for years. You've completed initial efficiency projects, but to reach carbon neutrality you must do more. It’s time to level up.
Our Solution
Low Carbon Leaders: Set the bar for the commercial real estate industry as part of a select group of market leaders to demonstrate pathways to zero net carbon by 2050, with support from leading building and energy experts.
Partnership Model
With the LABBC as your guide, gain access to comprehensive technical assistance, technology demonstration opportunities, policy dialogue and more provided by pilot program sponsors.
Program Benefits
Expert technical assistance from concept through implementation
Technology, systems, contractor recommendations
Utility incentive support
Financing support
Regulatory compliance support
Awards and recognition
Education and outreach
Eligibility
As a pilot program, the opportunity for participation is limited. Partners selected to move forward as a Low Carbon Leader must meet the following criteria:
Stated Public Commitment to be Carbon Neutral by 2050 (at minimum)
Agreement to Provide Transparency Around Process & Results
Demonstrated Opportunity for Deep Decarbonization
Buildings must be in the City of LA and LADWP territory to qualify for partnership.
Proposed project sites may consist of a single building or several within a single campus or complex. Consideration is not limited by building type or category.
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Pathways to Deep Decarbonization
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DEMONSTRATE DEEP ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Achieve and demonstrate energy savings that showcase best practices
Consume 40-60% less energy than a typical building in the same sector
Measure performance against advanced targets (i.e., high ENERGY STAR scores)
Exceed ASHRAE 90.1-2019 standard for energy use intensity
2
ACT AS A GRID ASSET
Install smart technologies, including storage, to enable dynamic demand management
Shift loads away from peak power times and carbon-intensive periods
Feed renewable and other low-carbon electricity onto the grid in high-demand periods
3
USE LOW-CARBON ENERGY SUPPLIES
Solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydrogen and nuclear generation with carbon capture
Temporal matching of energy consumption by the facility and renewable generation
Purchase of renewable energy through utility or bilateral contract with power producers
Emerging energy technologies
Low-carbon sources, carbon mitigation strategies or offsets
4
PLAN A PATHWAY TO ZERO CARBON
Develop a plan to track and reduce operational CO2 emissions to eventually achieve zero or low-carbon status (while including emissions from on-site combustion and electricity consumption)
Plans may include pathways to electrification and reducing embodied carbon
Process
Discover
Understand Opportunities, Limitations & Challenges
Confirm Goals & Objectives
Identify Incentives & Financing Options
Engage
Identify List of Preferred Consultants/Contractors
Draft, Issue & Collect Request for Qualifications
Coordinate Site Walks & Audits
Facilitate Consultants/Contractors Selection
Execute
Streamline Incentive Applications
Coordinate Design Development & Installation of Improvements
Strategize Tenant Engagement
Coordinate Measurement & Verification
Celebrate
Develop Case Study
Support Media & PR
Suggest Awards & Recognition
Apply Today.
For more details, view our Low-Carbon Leaders launch webinar.