Douglas Emmett

Success Story: Douglas Emmett – Upgrade of 55 property portfolio

Douglas Emmett is a southern California based real estate investment trust (REIT) active in the commercial and multi-family property markets of California and Hawaii.  The company retained ReGreen Corp for a multi-property task order contract to audit and provide lighting retrofits for their commercial office portfolio.  This portfolio is comprised of 55 properties totaling approximately 13.3 million rentable square feet.

Scope of Work and Client Goals:

Retrofit dated first-generation T-8 linear fluorescent lighting system in 55 buildings and replace with a higher efficiency, second-generation T-8 fluorescent lighting + electronic ballast system, allowing Douglas Emmett to save approximately 30% on lighting costs.  In addition, the firm wanted to implement a program across their portfolio that would:

•       Measurably reduce kilowatt hours and kilowatt demand

•       Earn substantial rebates from Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power

•       Record quantifiable year-over-year energy savings

•       Achieve lower maintenance costs associated with replacing burned-out lamps and ballasts

Sample Case Study 1:  Westwood Place

Westwood Place is a 16-story, 195,000sf Class A office property located at 10866 Wilshire Boulevard – an upscale commercial area along the Wilshire Corridor of West Los Angeles. ReGreen retrofitted the building’s first-generation T-8 linear fluorescent lighting + magnetic ballast system, replacing 2,250 fixtures with second-generation CEE-rated, reduced-wattage bulbs and electronic ballasts.

Results for Westwood Place:

•       30% reduction in energy costs

•       $287,280 savings accrued over 10 years in this building alone

•       2,856,846 lbs of CO₂ emissions reduced

Sample Case Study 2:  The Trillium

The Trillium consists of two office towers totaling 660,669sf of Class A office space at 6300 Canoga Avenue in Woodland Hills, CA. ReGreen upgraded the property’s first-generation T-8 linear fluorescent lighting and ballast system with CEE-rated, reduced-wattage bults and electronic ballasts.

Results for The Trillium:

•       35% reduction in energy costs

•       $752,284 savings accrued over 10 years in this building alone

•       5,853,231 lbs of CO₂ emissions reduced

* These results were duplicated across the 55-building portfolio, and all program goals were met.