Shorenstein Properties: Palisades Office Park

Background

Palisades Office Park is a four building office complex located on a 23-acre park-like setting, constructed between 1981 and 1991. The office complex features a four-acre lake used for irrigation, a comprehensive recycling program, and existing high-efficiency building systems. Shorenstein's property management team has worked diligently to identify energy-saving improvements that are mostly low-cost and easy to implement, resulting in significant year-over-year energy performance improvements.

In 2010, Shorenstein initiated an Energy Savings Tour of all assets under management. Shorenstein’s Engineering Managers worked with property management to identify all no, low, and capital cost measures. The Tour yielded environmental savings equivalent to more than 1,100 homes off the electric grid.

Shorenstein is committed to energy and environmental performance. In 2012, Shorenstein successfully completed BOMA’s 7-Point Challenge, achieving a 32% reduction in portfolio-wide energy use over a 2007 baseline.

Solutions

With leadership from the property manager and chief engineer, Shorenstein reviewed all no-cost, low-cost, and capital cost energy efficiency opportunities at the Palisades campus. No and low-cost projects were identified and completed by Shorenstein's highly capable engineering management staff. Feasible capital cost projects were reviewed, budgeted, and scheduled for implementation. Work on the projects began in 2011 and continued through 2013.

Projects implemented or planned for implementation include:

Garage lighting retrofit of all high-intensity discharge lamps with compact fluorescent lamps
Retrofit of outdoor accent lamps with LEDs
Retrofit of lobby cove lamps and restroom lamps with LEDs
Retrofit of elevator cab halogen lamps with LEDs
De-lamping of linear fluorescent fixtures (3-lamp to 2-lamp) to optimize illumination levels
Installation of variable frequency drives on exhaust fans
Decrease in electric heater set-point and increase in exhaust fan set-point
Retrofit of existing domestic hot water heaters with smaller, high-efficiency units

Shorenstein Properties: Palisades Office Park

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Exterior of the Palisades Office Park

Shorenstein Properties: Palisades Office Park

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Exterior of the Palisades Office Park