LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California
Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the completion of $465,000 in energy efficiency upgrades to 384
apartment units and the installation of 29 high efficiency boilers
at Mountainside Apartments, an affordable housing community on
Foothill Boulevard in Rancho
Cucamonga. The work is part of SoCalGas' Energy Savings
Assistance (ESA) Program's Common Area Measures (CAM) initiative.
The upgrades will save an estimated 170,000 therms of natural gas
over the lifetime of the upgrades, equivalent to removing 191 cars
off of California's roads each
year.
SoCalGas installed low-flow showerheads, low-flow aerators,
thermostatic shower valves, thermostatic tub spouts and door
weather-stripping in addition to the 29 high efficiency boilers put
in place in the property's common areas that will provide hot water
to the community. The property owner also participated in SoCalGas'
On-Demand Efficiency and Multifamily Energy Efficiency Rebates
programs which have helped reduce natural gas consumption and
overall operating costs at the community.
"SoCalGas is proud to continue our work with National CORE,
improving energy efficiency and reducing energy costs for
low-income residents. Small changes in our energy consumption
through energy efficient improvements can account for big savings
on energy bills and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," said
Dan Rendler, director of customer
programs and assistance at SoCalGas. "But not only do these
upgrades reduce emissions and costs but also demonstrate SoCalGas'
commitment to our vision to be the cleanest natural gas utility in
North America."
Mountainside Apartments is owned and managed by National
Community Renaissance (National CORE), one of the nation's largest
nonprofit developers of high-quality cost-contained affordable
housing, with more than 10,000 affordable, senior and market-rate
units in California, Florida, Arkansas and Texas. During its 25-plus
year history, National CORE has offered programs and services at no
charge to its residents, creating communities that support
educational attainment, economic mobility, and improved health.
"National CORE is proud of the work we are doing around
sustainability. It is important to us to work with
organizations like SoCalGas, who share our goal of combatting the
effects of climate change. Our partnership with SoCalGas also
allows us to give back to our residents by reducing their energy
costs," said Dan Lorraine, Senior
Vice President of Property Management for National CORE.
"The City of Rancho Cucamonga
thanks the Southern California Gas Company for their efforts to
upgrade affordable housing in Rancho
Cucamonga," said L. Dennis
Michael, mayor of Rancho
Cucamonga. "Our Healthy RC initiative is all about
preserving the environment and these measures ensure that some of
our most vulnerable residents have access to improvement health,
safety and affordability while improving the environment through
conservation."
The CAM project in Rancho
Cucamonga is one of two. SoCalGas completed another project
in October through the Energy Savings Assistance Program located in
Corona. At this property, SoCalGas
installed 12 high efficiency boilers at the Corona Del Rey
Apartments which are also owned and managed by National CORE.
SoCalGas also recently contributed $10,000 to the Hope through Housing Foundation,
managed by National CORE. The donation was used to beautify a
community center space for at-risk youth at the Sunset Heights
Apartment Homes in Rancho
Cucamonga, owned by National CORE.
The Common Area Measures initiative, through the Energy Savings
Assistance Program, aims to provide low-income, deed-restricted
properties with no-cost energy saving upgrades to their common
areas. This could include boiler/water heater replacements, pipe
insulation and ancillary services. The program will be available
through 2020.
To qualify, the property must be deed restricted and the owner
must certify that at least 65 percent of the resident households
meet the ESA income guidelines. Energy efficiency services
provided differ by utility and are limited to the communal areas,
or common energy systems, of the residential building(s) or
property. This program can be combined with the ESA in-unit
offerings.
SoCalGas continues to be a leader in implementing energy
efficiency and low-income programs that provide assistance to
customers and protect the environment. Between 2014 and 2018,
SoCalGas energy efficiency programs delivered more than 180 million
therms in energy savings, enough natural gas usage for 403,000
households a year, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by
nearly 955,000 metric tons, the equivalent of removing more than
202,000 cars from the road annually. These advances have also
helped save SoCalGas customers more than $198 million in
utility bill costs. In 2018 alone, SoCalGas' energy efficiency
programs saved customers $57 million and improved close to
100,000 homes.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is
the largest natural gas distribution utility in the
United States. SoCalGas delivers
affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable natural gas
service to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square
miles of Central and Southern California, where more than
90 percent of residents use natural gas for heating, hot water,
cooking, drying clothes or other uses. Natural gas delivered
through the company's pipelines also plays a key role in providing
electricity to Californians— about 45 percent of electric
power generated in the state comes from gas-fired power
plants.
SoCalGas' vision is to be the cleanest natural gas utility in
North America, delivering
affordable and increasingly renewable energy to its customers. In
support of that vision, SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20
percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable
natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from
waste created by dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment
plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its natural gas
system infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for our
customers. From 2014 through 2018, the company invested
nearly $6.5 billion to upgrade and modernize its natural
gas system to enhance safety and reliability. SoCalGas is a
subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), an energy
services holding company based in San Diego. For more
information visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with
SoCalGas
on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)
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