• Start year: 2011
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: Completed

This project replaced a 100-ton, water-cooled, reciprocating chiller with a 76-ton air-cooled chiller and converted two air handler units (AHUs) to variable flow units at the City Hall building at 1400 Fifth Street in San Rafael, California. The Installation Review (IR) is approved at a DEER Peak demand reduction of 20.19 kW and energy savings of 68,291.9 kWh.

• Start year: 2008
• Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
• Status: Completed

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy developed
by the City of San Rafael is designed to meet the requirements
of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s (BAAQMD)
criteria for a qualified greenhouse gas reduction strategy as
defined in the district’s updated California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) Air Quality Guidelines. The City’s Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Reduction Strategy is articulated through the City’s
Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP), which was adopted in
May 2009, prior to BAAQMD’s release of its updated guidelines.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
• Status: In operation

The Solar Energy & Economic Development Fund (SEED Fund) initiative will demonstrate an innovative solar procurement business model that utilizes a public-private revolving fund. This will create a durable mechanism for enabling public participants to overcome adoption barriers with technical support that delivers significant reductions to overall project, transaction and administration costs. This will enable participant agencies across 3 counties to procure solar energy systems.