PROJECTS

CURRENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS


Company Customer Energy Efficiency Program
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

BASE performs integrated energy assessments of large manufacturing, institutional, and commercial customers in PG&E’s vast Northern and Central California territory as part of PG&E’s Customer Energy Efficiency Program for non-residential retrofit. Since 2001, BASE has been assigned over 100 audit projects for facilities including various industrial plants (cardboard, lumber mills, etc.), foundries, dairies, food processing plants, biotechnology plants, hospitals, school facilities, data centers and large office buildings. Facilities are assessed for energy efficiency, demand response, cogeneration, and renewable energy projects. Based on our past performance, BASE was awarded a 3-year contract that will run through 2008.


Savings-By-Design Program
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
BASE enjoys the largest project category assignment of PG&E’s Savings By Design program to evaluate Non-Residential New Construction (NRNC) projects of manufacturing and agricultural facilities. Since 2005, we have completed design reviews of facilities including wineries, dairies, a district heating plant, irrigation pumping projects, fresh water pumping stations, sewer pumping stations, and wastewater treatment plants. Based on our past performance, BASE has been awarded a contract extension that will run through 2007.



 
     
 
 
 
Measurement and Valuation Program
Southern California Edison (SCE)

BASE and GeoPraxis of Sonoma, CA have teamed to evaluate the innovative Industrial Value & Energy Mapping (VeSM) Advantage Program designed to improve manufacturers’ energy efficiency through improving productivity. The VeSM program, funded by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), is implemented by California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) and administered by SCE. The BASE/GeoPraxis team is developing the measurement and verification (M&V) methodology and performing the M&V of the implemented projects.


Funded Plant-Wide Assessments
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Starting in 2006, BASE will perform a detailed, plantwide assessment of AMCOR PET in Fairfield, CA. This assessment is expected to yield significant energy savings for the plant.


Wastewater Treatment Plant Hot Water Loop
City of Sunnyvale

BASE and its subcontractor Kennedy/Jenks are assessing opportunities to improve the performance and energy efficiency of the City of Sunnyvale’s wastewater treatment hot water loop. The existing digester/cogeneration system will be examined and evaluated for heat recovery and energy utilization. Potential secondary improvements, currently outside the project scope, include increased digester gas output.


Energy Audits of Wineries and Related-Facilities
Récolte Energy (Calistoga, CA)
BASE has an open-ended partnership with Récolte Energy of Calistoga, CA to provide energy auditing services to Récolte’s winery customers. Récolte Energy provides solar power consulting services to wineries throughout Northern California’s wine-producing regions. BASE performs comprehensive energy audits of the facilities to reduce the size and cost of the solar photovoltaic (PV) power system being considered for installation.


Technical Assistance
Southern California Gas Company
BASE has an open contract with Southern California Gas Company to evaluate Energy Efficiency Grant Program customer applications and provide technical assistance on other energy efficiency projects as needed. As part of the project we have developed M&V plans for large, sophisticated gas-consuming equipment such as thermal oxidizers serving multiple emission sources, and we have evaluated the heat recovery from large steam boilers.


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INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES – Selected Audited Facilities by BASE

Industrial Manufacturing Facilities
Goodyear Rubber (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
Ball Corporation (Fairfield, CA)
Ingersoll Dresser Pump Company (Huntington Park, CA)
Clayton Industries (El Monte, CA)
Serta Mattress Company (Vacaville, CA)
Pacific Steel Casting (Berkeley, CA)
Carlton Forging Works (Paramount, CA)
U.S. Foam (Compton, CA)
Huck International (Carson, CA)
Ameron International (Fillmore, CA & Tracy, CA)
Veriflo (Richmond, CA)
Angelus Sanitary Can Machine Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Thermal Dynamics Corporation (Ontario, CA)
Textron Aerospace Fasteners (Santa Ana, CA)
Indalex West (Watsonville, CA)


Case Study - Steel Casting Plant


Agricultural & Food Processing Facilities

Smuckers (Salinas, CA & Watsonville, CA)
Sun-Maid Growers (Kingsburg, CA)
Del Monte Foods (Hanford, CA & Kingsburg, CA)
Kellogg’s Eggo (San Jose, CA)
The Pepsi Bottling Group (Buena Park, CA & Merced, CA)
Horizon Food (Livermore, CA & Salt Lake City, UT)
Birds Eye Foods (Watsonville, CA)
Sara Lee Bakery Group (Fresno, CA)
Tanimura & Antle (Spreckels, CA & Salinas, CA)
Edward Apffels (Los Angeles, CA)
Safeway Milk Plant (San Leandro, CA)
Safeway Bread Plant (Richmond, CA)
Kraft Foods (San Leandro, CA)
Petaluma Poultry (Petaluma, CA)

Case Study - Frozen Food Processing Plant

Data Centers
AT&T Data Center (Fairfield, CA)
Sybase Data Center (Dublin, CA)
Equinix Data Center (San Jose, CA)
365 Main Data Center (San Francisco, CA)

Case Study - Data Center

Dairies / Dairy Products
Yoplait USA (Carson, CA)
Safeway Milk Plant (San Leandro, CA)
Leprino Foods (Lemoore, CA)
Carlos Echeverria & Sons Dairy (Bakersfield, CA)

Case Study - Dairy Product Plant


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Chemical Plants / Refineries
Chevron (Lost Hills, CA)
Neville Chemical (Anaheim, CA & Pittsburgh, PA)
Evergreen Oil (Newark, CA)
General Chemical (Pittsburg, CA)
Norman Fox (Vernon, CA)
Romic Environmental (East Palo Alto, CA)

Case Study - Refinery

High Tech Facilities
Genentech (Vacaville, CA)
Lockheed Martin (Sunnyvale, CA)
Raytheon (Goleta, CA)
Applied Materials (Sunnyvale, CA)
Nektar Therapeutics (San Carlos, CA)
Allergan (Irvine, CA & Waco, TX)
Seagate Technology (Fremont, CA & Milpitas, CA)

Case Study - High Tech Facility

Paper & Forest Products
Mendocino Forest Products (Ukiah, CA)
Sierra Pacific (CA- Camino, Sonora, Arcata & Quincy)
Sierra Pines (Rocklin, CA)
Shasta Green (Burney, CA)
Longview Fibre (Oakland, CA)
Setzer Forest Products (Oroville, CA)
Cal Sheets (Stockton, CA)

Case Study - Cardboard Manufacturing Plant

Nurseries
Agri Star Flowers (Carpinteria, CA)
Bodger Seeds, LTD (Lompoc, CA)
Dos Pueblos Orchids (Goleta, CA)
Sun Valley Floral (Arcata, CA)


Wineries / Breweries
Rodney Strong Vineyards (Healdsburg, CA)
Chateau Montelena (Calistoga, CA)
Sutter Home (American Canyon, CA)
Far Niente Winery (Oakville, CA)
Wente Vineyards (Livermore, CA)
Golden State Vintners (Fresno, CA)

Case Study - Winery



Other Facilities
Neutrogena Corporation (Los Angeles, CA)
Merle Norman Cosmetics (Los Angeles, CA)
H.F. Coors Company (Inglewood, CA)

COMMERCIAL & INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES – Selected Audited Facilities by BASE


Office Buildings
303 Second Street (San Francisco, CA)
Berkeley City Facilities (Berkeley, CA)
KQED (San Francisco, CA)
501 Second Street (San Francisco, CA)
535 Pacific Avenue (San Francisco, CA)

Case Study - Commercial Building


Educational Facilities
Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA)
California State University – Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
Shasta College (Redding, CA)
California State University - Los Angeles
      (Los Angeles, CA)
CAL Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
      (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Corona Del Mar High School (Newport Beach, CA)
Anchorage School District (13 facilities in Anchorage, AK)

Case Study - K-12 School


Grocery Stores
Safeway Stores (6 stores in Northern CA)

Medical Facilities
St. Rose Hospital (Hayward, CA)
San Luis Obispo General Hospital (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Parkview Community Hospital (Riverside, CA)
San Francisco Kaiser Hospital & Medical Facilities (San Francisco, CA)

Case Study - Hospital


Restaurant/Food Services Facilities
Kentucky Fried Chicken Stores (Whittier, CA)
Taco Bell Store (Monrovia, CA)
Jiuliano's Delicatessen and Bakery (Carson, CA)
University of California, Irvine - Residential Dining Halls      (Irvine, CA)
Pizza Hut Store (Downey, CA) Del Taco (Stanton, CA) Anchorage School District-Student Nutrition Center      (Anchorage, AK)

Case Study - Fast Food Restaurant



Other

Stanislaus County Facilities (Modesto, CA)
Ontario International Airport (Ontario, CA)
      (Cogeneration Study)
Sierra Army Depot (Herlong, CA) (Compressed Air Study)



DESIGN REVIEWS – Selected Projects Reviewed by BASE



Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants and Desalination Plants
Semitropic (Wasco, CA)
Cal Water Booster Station (Bakersfield, CA)
City of Corcoran (Corcoran, CA)
Solano Irrigation District (Dixon, CA)
Union Sanitary District (Union City, CA)
Langetwins Winery Wastewater Plant (Acampo, CA)

Case Study - New Water Treatment Plant

Educational Facilities
Muldoon Middle School (Anchorage, AK)

Case Study - New School

Dairies
RedTop Jerseys Dairy (Chowchilla, CA)
JDS Ranch Dairy (Wasco, CA)

Case Study - New Dairy


Wineries

Louis Martini (St. Helena, CA)
Bear Creek Winery (Lodi, CA)
Conundrum Winery (Salinas, CA)
Courtside Cellars (San Miguel, CA)
Merryvale-Stanly Ranch (Napa, CA)
Paraiso Vineyards (Soledad, CA)
Scheid Vineyards (Greenfield, CA)
Langetwins Winery (Acampo, CA)

Case Study - New Winery


Other Facilities
California Central Plant Steam Boiler System
(Sacramento, CA)
City of Dixon Aquatic Center (Dixon, CA)
Layne Laboratories (Arroyo Grande, CA)


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