The Sustainability Awards, which were launched in 2016 and are hosted by our Key Accounts Section, quantify and acknowledge the positive impacts of our largest customers for their commitment to environmental sustainability. Their efforts in Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Electrification of Transportation, and Demand Response contribute directly to a Los Angeles that is environmentally healthy and economically prosperous.
Please read on for more information about current and past honorees.
2024
On April 17, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) hosted its 9th annual Sustainability Awards event to award honors to 19 of the utility’s largest customers. The event recognized these customers for their installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargers and their facilities’ significant reductions in carbon emissions and water use resulting from their participation in LADWP rebate programs. Held at the John Ferraro Building, LADWP’s headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, the event also featured a discussion panel with representatives from local transit agencies about the electrification of public transportation.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Leadership Award
1st Place: City of Los Angeles Street Lighting
Saved 6,910,554 kWh annually under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 17,723 pole mount fixtures.
2nd Place: USC
Saved 3,984,308 kWh annually under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 16,856 various LED retrofits and controls.
3rd Place: WBCT LLC
Saved 2,640,563 kWh annually under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 830 exterior high bay crane fixtures.
Impact Award
1st Place: Colonnade Wilshire Corp
Reduced annual electric use by 24.97% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 4,157 LED tube retrofits.
2nd Place: Automobile Club of Southern California
Reduced annual electric use by 22.65% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 4,750 LED tube retrofits.
3rd Place: WBCT LLC
Reduced their annual electric use significantly under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 830 exterior high bay crane fixtures.
WATER CONSERVATION
Leadership Award
1st Place: Keck Medical Center of USC
Saved 1.74 million gallons annually under the Water Conservation Rebate Program by installing 232 flow restrictors.
2nd Place: AT&T Services, Inc.
Saved 1.05 million gallons annually under the Technical Assistance Program by installing an ion exchange water treatment system for their cooling tower.
3rd Place: Noemi Dunkelman
Saved 1 million gallons annually under the Water Conservation Rebate Program by installing 294 residential premium High Efficiency Toilets at 6 locations.
ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
Leadership Award for Level 2 Chargers
1st Place: The Roberts Companies
Installed 160 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
2nd Place: LA County
Installed 120 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
T - 3rd Place: Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Installed 80 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
T - 3rd Place: Douglas Emmett
Installed 80 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
Leadership Award for Level 3 Chargers
1st Place: EVgo
Installed 11 Level 3 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
2nd Place: LA County
Installed 6 Level 3 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
3rd Place: Hilton LAX
Installed 5 Level 3 electric vehicle chargers under the Commercial EV Charging Station Rebate Program.
DEMAND RESPONSE
Leadership Award
1st Place: LAUSD
Curtailed 7,047 kW under the Demand Response Program by increasing chilled water set temperature 2-4 degrees Fahrenheit, reducing interior lighting load, reducing plug load, and turning off miscellaneous fans and parking structure lighting.
2nd Place: LAWA
Curtailed 3,161 kW under the Demand Response Program by implementing HVAC reduction, lighting reduction, and other voluntary energy saving measures throughout the facility.
3rd Place: Brookfield Properties
Curtailed 1,845 kW under the Demand Response Program by setting VFD to 25% on all air handlers, limiting chillers current to 65%, and setting VFD for garage to 65%.
Impact Award
1st Place: Airgas
Curtailed 94% of their base load for the entire 2023 DR season by shutting down process compressors at the facility.
2nd Place: LA Cold Storage
Curtailed 84% of their base load for the entire 2023 DR season by adjusting refrigeration systems (compressors, condenser pumps, and evaporator fan motors), miscellaneous processes, office and common area lighting, and large office equipment and miscellaneous plug loads (printers, chargers, etc.).
3rd Place: Lineage Logistics
Curtailed 78% of their base load for the entire 2023 DR season by shutting off refrigeration.
2023
In its 8th Annual Sustainability Awards event, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) Key Accounts Section honored 18 of the utility’s largest customers for their significant efforts and successes in sustainability over the previous year. During the event’s first in-person ceremony since 2019 on April 26, event attendees gathered at the La Kretz Innovation Campus to celebrate those customers’ achievements in transportation electrification, energy efficiency, demand response, and water conservation.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Leadership Award
1st Place: California State University, Northridge
Saved 4,146,627 kWh annually under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP) by installing 21,220 Linear LED Tubes, 1,380 LED Lamps, 1,764 LED Fixtures, and 157 exterior fixtures; installing occupancy sensors, and implementing institutional tuning control strategy.
2nd Place: University of Southern California
Saved 2,137,485 kWh under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 7,758 Linear LED Tubes, 219 Exterior Fixtures, 3,518 Interior Fixtures, 190 LED Lamps, and occupancy and daylighting control sensors.
3rd Place: Fenix Marine Services, LTD
Saved 2,115,983 kWh under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 532 Exterior High Bay Fixtures mounted on port cranes and implementing Institutional Tuning Lighting Control Strategy.
Impact Award
1st Place: Omninet Capital
Reduced annual electric use by 21,42% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by retrofitting 73 metal halide lamps to LED pole-mounted fixtures.
2nd Place: Encino Financial Center
Reduced annual electric use by 20.69% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by retrofitting 1,947 linear fluorescent lamps to linear LED lamps.
3rd Place: Fox Investment Co LLC dba Broadway Parking
Reduced annual electric use by 12.40% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by retrofitting 2,760 linear fluorescent lamps to 2,708 linear LED lamps and 52 LED ceiling fixtures.
WATER CONSERVATION
Leadership Award
1st Place: Takeda
Saved 3,695,120 gallons annually under the Technical Assistance Program by recycling waste stream reverse osmosis to cooling towers and irrigation.
2nd Place: Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital
Saved 1,302,268 gallons annually under the Technical Assistance Program by adding filming amines to cooling towers to increase cycles of concentration.
3rd Place: Decron Properties Corporation
Saved 1,252,152 gallons annually under the Commercial and Multifamily Program by installing 374 Premium High Efficiency toilets.
ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
Leadership Award for Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charging
1st Place: Decron Properties Corporation
Installed 123 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
2nd Place: Essex Property Trust
Installed 93 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
3rd Place: University of Southern California
Installed 80 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
Leadership Award for Level 3 Electric Vehicle Charging
1st Place: Los Angeles World Airports
Installed 11 Medium and Heavy-Duty Chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
2nd Place: EV Charging Solutions
Installed 6 DC Fast Chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
3rd Place: 11500 West Olympic
Installed 4 DC Fast Chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
DEMAND RESPONSE
Leadership Award
1st Place: Los Angeles Unified School District
Curtailed 8,750 kW under the Demand Response Program by raising the chilled water temperature by 2-4 degrees, reducing interior lighting and plug loads, and turning off miscellaneous fans and parking structure lighting.
2nd Place: Brookfield Properties
Curtailed 3,103 kW under the Demand Response Program by reducing variable frequency device (VFD) to 25% on all air handlers, limiting chillers current flow to 65%, reducing VFD for garage to 65%, shutting off all electric water heating, shutting off pumps for water feature (fountain), reducing static set points of all HVAC fans, reducing lighting levels where applicable, increasing chill water supply temperature on chillers, and increasing chill water temperature on supply fans.
3rd Place: Los Angeles World Airports
Curtailed 2,508 kW under the Demand Response Program by raising chilled water temp by 2 degrees, running combustion turbine generators, and implementing voluntary energy-saving actions throughout LAX facilities.
Impact Award
1st Place: Airgas USA, LLC
Curtailed 93% of their base load for the entire 2022 DR season by shutting down process compressors at the facility.
2nd Place: Kush Alley
Curtailed 86% of their base load for the entire 2022 DR season by reducing HVAC usage by resetting the temperature setpoint, dimming lights in grow rooms, and shutting off pumps in the irrigation system.
3rd Place: LA Cold Storage
Curtailed 82% of their base load for the entire 2022 DR season by reducing HVAC usage by reducing refrigeration load and modifying other processes, such as electric defrost and battery charging.
2022
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Leadership Award
1st Place: Los Angeles Unified School District
Saved 11,731,022 kWh annually under the Custom Performance Program by making chiller upgrades; replacing more than 250,000 inefficient lamps with high-efficiency LEDs; retrofitting more than 80,000 outdated flood lights, and wall and canopy fixtures; and installing variable frequency drives on pumps, over 20,000 lighting controls, and more than 300 high-efficiency transformers.
2nd Place: UCLA
Saved 8,565,573 kWh under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program and Custom Performance Program by conducting extensive retrofits including monitoring-based commissioning at UCLA’s Broad Art Center and by performing damper repairs, leaky valve replacements, enhanced reset strategies, setpoint optimization, schedule adjustments, and controller upgrades at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, as well as using reducing steam sent to the medical center from the campus.
3rd Place: APM Terminals Pacific LLC
Saved 5,917,381 kWh under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 903 LED pole mount fixtures and new institutional tuning controls.
Impact Award
1st Place: DataDirect Networks, Inc.
Reduced annual electric use by 45.79% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 10 LED exterior wall and ceiling fixtures, 3 LED pole mount fixtures, 322 LF to LED tubes with internal drivers, and a new wallbox/wall/ceiling-mounted sensor.
2nd Place: Delta Airlines, Inc.
Reduced annual electric use by 27.79% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 139 LED high/low bay fixtures.
3rd Place: Little Tokyo Associates LLC
Reduced annual electric use by 23.19% under the Custom Performance Program by retrofitting AHUs on select floors to utilize chilled water, relocating a new 300-ton cooling tower to the ground floor, implementing reset strategies, and installing a new chiller, CHW pumps and CW pumps with VFDs, a building automation system with controls, and new VFDs on AHUs.
WATER CONSERVATION
Leadership Award
1st Place: Decron Properties Corporation
Saved 2,872 HCF annually under the Device Retrofit program by installing 628 high-efficiency toilets across 3 locations.
2nd Place: Sunstone Hotel Prop
Saved 2,492 HCF annually under the Device Retrofit program by installing 1,362 plumbing flow controls across 3 locations.
3rd Place: Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Saved 1,262 HCF annually under the Device Retrofit program by installing 276 high-efficiency toilets.
ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
Leadership Award for Level 2 Chargers (L2)
1st Place: Decron Properties Corporation
Installed 158 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
2nd Place: Douglas Emmett Management, LLC
Installed 136 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
3rd Place: BRE Properties, Inc.
Installed 89 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! program.
Leadership Award for Level 3 Chargers (L3)
1st Place: Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Installed 30 DCFC electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! Program.
2nd Place: University of Southern California
Installed 3 DCFC electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! Program.
2nd Place: California State University – Los Angeles
Installed 3 DCFC electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! Program.
3rd Place: LACMTA
Installed 2 DC-4 electric vehicle chargers under the Charge Up LA! Program.
DEMAND RESPONSE
Leadership Award
1st Place: Los Angeles Unified School District
Curtailed 18,445 kW under the Demand Response Program by raising the chilled water temperature by 2-4 degrees, reducing interior lighting and plug load, and turning off miscellaneous fans and parking structure lighting.
2nd Place: Los Angeles World Airports
Curtailed 6,000 kW under the Demand Response program by increasing their chilled water temperature by 2 degrees, running the combustion turbine generators, and implementing voluntary energy saving actions throughout LAX facilities.
3rd Place: Target
Curtailed 4,212 kW under the Demand Response Program by reducing interior lighting on the sales floor from 100% to 50% and resetting the cooling set point on approximately 35% of rooftop HVAC equipment.
Impact Award
1st Place: Airgas USA, LLC
Curtailed 87% of their base load for the entire 2021 DR season by shutting down process compressors at their facilities.
2nd Place: LA Cold Storage
Curtailed 39% of their base load for the entire 2021 DR season by reducing the refrigeration load of compressors, condenser pumps, and evaporator fan motors, and by modifying other processes including electric defrosting and battery charging.
3rd Place: Rancho Cold Storage
Curtailed 34% of their base load for the entire 2021 DR season by implementing a combination of measures including programming custom computer software to follow exact shutdown/startup processes, utilizing mechanical timers and temperature/pressure switches, and manually shutting off equipment.
2021
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Leadership Award
1st Place
Fenix Marine Services saved 3.46 GWh annually under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 420 (300W) and 424 (600W) LED fixtures with wireless lighting control systems.
2nd Place
Los Angeles Unified School District saved 2.37 GWh annually under the Custom Performance Program by replacing 51 transformers, completing 10,859 lighting retrofits and upgrades, installing a new HVAC energy management system with upgraded control modules and sensors, and upgrading pool pump variable-frequency drives.
3rd Place
Yusen Terminals saved 2.15 GWh annually under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 876 LED lighting fixtures in interior spaces and cranes at two locations.
Impact Award
1st Place
Electro Rent Corporation reduced their annual electric use by 35.5% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 2,067 linear LED tubes in their buildings.
2nd Place
Commodity Forwarders reduced their annual electric use by 27.4% under the Custom Performance Program by installing new refrigeration equipment with variable-frequency drive controls, as well as electrically commutated motors on their refrigeration condenser fans which serve 14 coolers.
3rd Place
The Dream Center reduced their annual electric use by 23.3% under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by installing 3,775 linear LED tubes, 15 LED fixtures, and 555 LED lamps at three locations.
WATER CONSERVATION
Leadership Award
1st Place
The Westin Los Angeles Airport saved 2.62 million gallons of water annually under the Commercial/Multi-Family Water Rebate Program by installing 766 Caroma Sydney Smart II Easy Height Elongated Dual-Flush High Efficiency Toilets.
2nd Place
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan saved 2.28 million gallons of water annually under the Technical Assistance Program by installing a radial de-ionization system to pretreat cooling tower make-up water, partially removing total dissolved solids, and increasing cycles of concentration.
3rd Place
University of Southern California saved 985,116 gallons of water annually under the Commercial/Multi-Family Water Rebate Program by installing 720 custom-calibrated flow limiters.
Impact Award
1st Place
The Westin Los Angeles Airport reduced their annual water use by 13% through the Commercial/Multi-Family Water Rebate Program by installing 766 Caroma Sydney Smart II Easy Height Elongated Dual-Flush High Efficiency Toilets.
2nd Place
Playa Summit Apartments, managed by R.W. Selby & Co., Inc. reduced their annual water use by 2% through the Commercial/Multi-Family Water Rebate Program by installing 284 Neoperl flow control valves.
3rd Place
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan reduced their annual water use by 1% through the Technical Assistance Program by installing a radial de-ionization system to pretreat cooling tower make-up water, partially removing total dissolved solids, and increasing cycles of concentration.
ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
1st Place
Renaissance Collection installed 480 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers at 12 locations under the Charge Up LA! Program.
2nd Place
Shelly Sterling installed 183 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers at 20 locations under the Charge Up LA! Program.
3rd Place
Noemi Dunkelman installed 169 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers at 14 locations under the Charge Up LA! Program.
DEMAND RESPONSE
Leadership Award
1st Place
Los Angeles Unified School District curtailed 30,315 kW under the Demand Response Program by raising the chilled water temperature of their HVAC units by 2-4 degrees, reducing their interior lighting and plug load, and turning off miscellaneous fans and parking structure lighting.
2nd Place
Los Angeles World Airports curtailed 19,437 kW under the Demand Response Program by increasing their chiller plant water temperature by 2 degrees, running combustion turbine generators, and implementing voluntary energy saving actions throughout their facilities.
3rd Place
Lineage Logistics curtailed 10,922 kW under the Demand Response Program by shutting off refrigeration and reducing battery charging.
Impact Award
1st Place
Airgas USA, LLC curtailed 82% of their base load for the entire 2020 DR season by shutting down process compressors at their facilities.
2nd Place
Rancho Cold Storage curtailed 75% of their base load for the entire 2020 DR season by implementing a combination of programmable logic controller technology with mechanical digital timers along with manually shutting off equipment.
3rd Place
LA Cold Storage curtailed 74% of their base load for the entire 2020 DR season by reducing the refrigeration load of compressors, condenser pumps, and evaporator fan motors, as well as modifying other processes including electric defrosting and battery charging.
2020
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Leadership Award
1st Place
CoreSite installed a centralized water-cooled chiller system under the Custom Performance Program that saved nearly 10 GWh annually.
2nd Place
GSA – North LA Field Office carried out lighting and chiller plant upgrades, and retro-commissioning measures under the Custom Performance Program. They saved over 6.3 GWh annually.
3rd Place
LAUSD conducted chiller replacements, lighting retrofits, installed Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), replaced air handling and HVAC units along with a retro-commissioning under the Custom Performance, Commercial Lighting Incentive and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance Programs, saving 6.1 GWh.
Impact Award
1st Place
The Wiltern Center conducted an extensive retrofit of their facility under the Commercial Lighting Incentive and Customer Performance Programs, which included upgraded lighting, high-performance window film, new cooling towers, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), compressor and CO sensors in their garage, reducing their annual electrical use by 74.8%.
2nd Place
Everport Terminal Services, Inc. replaced over 1,800 interior and exterior LED lights under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program and will reduce their use by 38.2% annually.
3rd Place
The So Cal Regional Rail Authority - Metrolink replaced lighting fixtures under the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program reducing their use by 32.45% annually.
WATER CONSERVATION
Leadership Award
1st Place
Anheuser-Busch installed a microfiltration followed by reverse osmosis processes which provided high-quality reclaimed water to non-product industrial water uses within the brewery under the Technical Assistance Program.
2nd Place
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. implemented a brine recovery reverse osmosis system through the Technical Assistance Program.
3rd Place
LAUSD installed 160 Accutemp Connectionless Food Steamers under the Water Conservation Rebate Program.
Through their efforts, these leaders in sustainability collectively saved 74 million gallons of water.
Impact Award
1st Place
Hotel Palomar installed 528 plumbing flow control valves for their 264 guest rooms under the Water Conservation Rebate Program reducing their water use by 8.61% annually.
2nd Place
Constellation Place replaced 2 existing sand filters with 2 new centrifugal separators under the Technical Assistance Program reducing their water use by 8.58%.
3rd Place
Anheuser-Busch installed a microfiltration followed by reverse osmosis processes which provided high-quality reclaimed water to non-product industrial water uses within the brewery under the Technical Assistance Program reducing their water use by 6.01%.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
1st Place
David Young Lee installed a total of 548.8 kW of solar on 2 properties under the Solar Incentive Program.
2nd Place
Shelly Sterling installed a total of 493.6 kW of solar on 15 properties under the Solar Incentive Program.
3rd Place
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals installed a total of 351 kW of solar on 2 properties under the Solar Incentive Program.
ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
1st Place
Shelly Sterling installed 441 Level 2 Electric Vehicle Chargers at 34 locations under the Charge Up LA! Program.
2nd Place
Centinela Investors installed 103 Level 2 Electric Vehicle Chargers at 8 locations under the Charge Up LA! Program.
3rd Place
BlueLA Carsharing installed 40 Level 2 Electric Vehicle Chargers at 8 Locations under the Charge Up LA! Program.
DEMAND RESPONSE
Leadership Award
1st Place
LAUSD curtailed 6,247 KW under the Demand Response Program by raising the chilled water temperature of their HVAC units by 2-4 degrees, reducing their interior lighting and plug load, as well as turning off miscellaneous fans and parking structure lighting.
2nd Place
LAWA curtailed 4,198 KW through Demand Response by increasing their chiller plant chill water temperature from 40 to 42 F, running two combustion turbine generators and voluntary energy saving actions throughout their facilities.
3rd Place
Anheuser-Busch, LLC curtailed 2,408 KW by reducing their cellar refrigeration load, implementing chilled water system flow modulation, and effluent treatment load shedding under Demand Response events.
Impact Award
1st Place
Lineage Logistics curtailed 81.1% of base load for the entire 2019 DR season under the Demand Response Program by shutting off refrigeration and reducing battery charging.
2nd Place
LA Cold Storage curtailed 80.2% of base load for the entire 2019 DR season under the Demand Response Program by reducing use of refrigeration systems (compressors, condenser pumps and evaporator fan motors) and miscellaneous processes (electric defrost, battery charging).
3rd Place
Vulcan Materials Company curtailed 76.5% of their base load for the entire 2019 DR season by shutting down their plant during demand response events.
2019
Energy Management
Combined Overall Savings
1st Place
City National Plaza reduced their energy use by nearly three million kilowatt-hours (kWh) through participation in LADWP’s Commercial Lighting Incentive and Custom Performance programs. This reduction prevented more than 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
2nd Place
Union Pacific Railroad replaced 1,050 lighting measures by participating in the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program to save 2.7 million kWh.
3rd Place
The California Science Center implemented numerous upgrades of interior and exterior lighting, a direct digital control system, and HVAC upgrades to save 2.6 million kWh.
Highest Percentage Savings
1st Place
Union Pacific Railroad Company participated in the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program to reduce their annual energy use by 55%.
2nd Place
The USS Iowa Museum participated in the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program to reduce their annual energy use by 38%.
3rd Place
Avibank MFG., Inc. also participated in the Commercial Lighting Incentive Program and reduced annual energy use by 26%.
Water Management
Combined Overall Savings
1st Place
Non-profit hospital Cedars-Sinai installed a groundwater treatment and re-use system that saved an estimated 23 million gallons of water annually, enough to supply more than 200 single family homes a year.
2nd Place
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals installed plumbing controls that saved 19.5 million gallons annually.
3rd Place
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. implemented a reverse osmosis system that saved 15.6 million gallons.
Highest Percentage Savings
1st Place
Meggitt (North Hollywood), Inc. was awarded first place for completing a water treatment project which increased their cycles of concentration on their existing cooling tower. This project reduced their water use by an estimated 38%.
2nd Place
The Museum of Contemporary Art installed an atomized water system to reduce waste use by 26%.
3rd Place
Los Angeles Center Studios installed a new cooling tower that reduced water use by 17%.
Electrification of Transportation
1st Place
Property Owner Shelly Sterling installed 68 electric vehicle chargers at seven properties.
2nd Place
The Los Angeles World Airport installed 53 chargers at six parking facilities.
3rd Place
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation installed 51 chargers at 11 locations.
Renewables
1st Place
Westfield Topanga and the Village took first place for installing a 2,275 kilowatts (kW) solar installation through LADWP’s Solar Incentive Program.
2nd Place
The Kaiser Foundation Hospital installed a 2,052 kW solar installation.
3rd Place
The Los Angeles Convention Center installed a 1,977 kW solar array, which is the largest such system on a municipally-owned convention center in the United States.
Demand Response
1st Place
Los Angeles Unified School District, which was honored for the second year in a row, implemented demand response practices as part of the Summer-Shift program. This action reduced energy use and avoided approximately 5,964 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
2nd Place
Anheuser-Busch also honored for the second year in a row, reduced energy use by 8,559 KW to avoid approximately 4,913 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
3rd Place
LA Live reduced HVAC usage and lighting loads facility-wide to reduce use by 6,300 kW to avoid approximately 3,665 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
The Sustainability Awards is a unique event that recognizes LADWP’s largest customers for their sustainability efforts, which due to their size have a major impact on water conservation and electricity use. The goal of the program is to increase awareness of sustainability best-practices and how they can benefit organizations, the environment and all stakeholders in the City of Los Angeles.
For more information about LADWP’s rebate programs, visit www.ladwp.com/NRRP.
2018
Energy Management
The top award went to Coresite for implementing retro commissioning measures and installing a new cooling tower and controls to save 5.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh) annually, enough to serve 933 homes in LA.
Brookfield Asset Management received first place in the Greenest Customers award category for reducing their annual energy consumption by 87 percent. Brookfield’s comprehensive energy efficiency measures included converting to LED lighting and installing occupancy sensors.
Water Management
Air Products and Chemicals took first place for implementing water conservation measures in their production processes to achieve yearly savings of more than 50 million gallons. That’s enough water to supply 460 homes in LA annually.
The top award in the Greenest Customers category went to De Toledo High School. This private high school located in the Valley installed cooling equipment and 12 zero-water urinals that helped reduce their annual water consumption by 27 percent.
Demand Curtailment
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) took first place by reducing their energy use through LADWP’s Summer Shift and Demand Response Program. LAUSD’s achievements show that large organizations can see big results with modest changes. LAUSD adjusted thermostats at all of their facilities by two to four degrees and took advantage of LADWP’s Demand Response Program.
Electrification of Transportation
The first through third place honors went to the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting for installing 80 level-2 chargers; Loyola Law School for installing 15 level-2 chargers; and Loyola High School for installing three level-2 chargers.
Renewable Energy
The Renaissance Collection Housing Development took first place for installing 1,300 kilowatt (kW) solar systems on several properties through LADWP’s Solar Incentive Program. They also received the second-place in the Greenest Customers category for taking advantage of the LADWP Commercial Lighting Incentive Program, which helped them reduce annual energy consumption by 50 percent.
Anheuser-Busch garnered two awards receiving second place in the Renewables category for installing a 978 kilowatt (kW) solar system and second place in the Demand Curtailment category for implementing operational changes that allowed for a cumulative demand reduction of 13,000 kW in 2017.
Other honorees included the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, University of California Los Angeles, Adventist Health White Memorial, the Sterling Family Trust, AirGas, Douglas Emmett, Westfield and Los Angeles Cold Storage.
2017
Energy Management
Combined overall savings of nearly 16 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2016 alone by participating in LADWP’s Custom Performance Program.
- City National Plaza
- Los Angeles Center Studios
- Los Angeles Times
- City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting (special recognition for a 2008-2015 LED lighting retrofit)
Highest percentage of savings by participating in LADWP’s Custom Performance Program and Commercial Lighting Incentive Program.
- The Westin Los Angeles Airport (28%)
- Los Angeles Center Studios (26%)
- Sears Holdings Corporation (23%)
Water Management
Combined overall savings of nearly 51,000 hundred cubic feet (HCF) by participating in LADWP’s Water Conservation Program.
- Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)
- University of Southern California (USC)
- Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Highest percentage of savings in 2016 by participating in LADWP’s Water Conservation Program.
- 1600 Vine (52%)
- Los Angeles Convention Center (21%)
- California State Teachers' Retirement (14%)
Electrification of Transportation
Installed 71 electric vehicle chargers through the Charge Up L.A. Program.
- City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting
- 707 Wilshire
- Hines - Campus Playa Vista
- One California Plaza
- Grifols
- Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
Demand Curtailment
Shifting almost 40,000 kW in demand through LADWP’s Demand Response and SummerShift Programs.
- Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
- Merle Norman
- University of Southern California (USC)
- Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
- The J. Paul Getty Trust (special recognition for volunteer participation)
In addition to their trophies and public recognition, all winning sustainable customers are granted advanced program notice, participation in forum discussions on LADWP rebate programs, and access to dedicated tours of LADWP facilities.
For more information about LADWP’s rebate programs, visit www.ladwp.com/NRRP.
2016
Energy Management
Saving a total of 21 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy in 2015 alone, enough to power 3,600 homes:
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Praxair, Inc.
- Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
- Watt Plaza
- University of Southern California (USC)
Water Management
Saving a total of 57,000 hundred cubic feet (HCF) of water enough to maintain over 400 single-family homes per year:
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- UCLA
- Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)
- Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Electrification of Transportation
Installing a total of 78 chargers for the public to use:
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- The J. Paul Getty Trust
- 6500 Wilshire
- California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
- 3M Company
- The Grove
Renewable Power
Pledging to install a total of 21 GWh of renewable power yearly output, mostly through solar installations (enough to power 3,600 homes in L.A. for a year):
- Kaiser Permanente
- Staples Center
- AT&T Inc.
- David Young Lee
- Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
In return for their efforts, the winners are offered one year of free Energy Load Monitoring for one service, priority position to participate in new and pilot programs, an advisory role on energy efficiency and water conservation measures, assistance with applying for rebates through designated account advisors, participation in executive events at the LADWP and dedicated tours, and recognition in LADWP publications and from colleagues in the industry.