ENERGY STAR Labeled Building Profile

100 Pine
100 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
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100 Pine Street, owned and managed by Unico Properties, Inc, was built in 1972 to be an institutional showpiece office property in the heart of San Francisco's downtown financial district. Designed by Hertz & Knowles, the 33-story, 400,000 square foot building is constructed of steel, concrete and glass.

This project began in earnest during the energy crisis of 2000 when an environmental consultant was brought in to evaluate the building's energy systems. Completion of a light retrofit project at a cost of $40,000 was the primary cost-related work. Re-evaluation and resulting changes to the building's existing equipment and operating procedures accounted for the majority of the energy savings. Bob Clay, who became the building's chief engineer in February of 2002, played an instrumental role in transforming the building's energy usage as follows:

Trimming 100 Pine's electrical cost was achieved through altering the chiller operation from time of day operation to starting by outside air temperature, solar temperature or manual override.
Fluorescent lighting improvements were made in conjunction with stricter usage of the EMS (Energy Management System) automatic timers allowing a reduction of almost 1,200,000 kwh between the years 2000 and 2002.
Steam was reduced from 22 million pounds of usage in 2001 to 17 million pounds of usage in 2002 by gradually reducing the operating temperatures of the building equipment. This heat reduction resulted in greater comfort to the building's occupants.
Unico Properties is very proud of the environmental strides 100 Pine has made over the past few years. In addition to the ENERGY STAR label, 100 Pine is a three-time winner of the (San Francisco) Commercial Recycler of the Year award in 2000, 2001 & 2002.

Communications:

Unico's PR firm has put together a press release for the San Francisco market. A tombstone ad announcing the award is scheduled to run in the SF Business Times at the end of June. BOMA SF (Building Owner's and Managers Assoc) did an article in their Newsletter.

Testimonial:

"The tenants of 100 Pine Street are lucky to have Margot Crosman of Unico Properties, Inc. and Bob Clay. Margot and Bob have proven that building managers and engineers have an opportunity to make a positive impact on the environment by recycling and reducing their buiding's energy use. Over the past two years they have reduced their energy costs by $400,000 per year."
-- Ken Churchill, Principal, ACC Environmental Consultants

Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by CB Richard Ellis or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.

Building Owner:*
CB Richard Ellis

Property Manager:*
CB Richard Ellis

Year(s) Labeled (Rating):
2013 (95)
2011 (95)
2009 (85)
2008 (85)
2007 (84)
2003 (76)

Facility Type: Office

Total Floorspace: 443191 sf

Year Constructed: 1972

Contract Type: Multiple Vendor Contracts
Financing Type: Internal Capital

Technologies Used:

   Stage 1-Recommissioning
    + New or Revised EE Maintenance Practices
   Stage 2-Lighting
    + Occupancy Sensors
    + T8 or T5 Lamps

For More Info:
Ernie Horciza
San Francisco, CA 94111
415 986 6471
ernie.horciza@cbre.com