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Office, Datacenter Earn Energy Kudos

SAN FRANCISCO-The historic Mills Building in Downtown earns an Energy Star from the EPA while a datacenter in Oakland commits to a significant drop in energy use.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on March 07, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO-A historic office building in Downtown and a datacenter in Oakland are garnering praise for their efforts to conserve energy. The Mills Building, a designated San Francisco landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recently earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for protecting the environment through superior energy performance.

The building at 220 Montgomery St. is owned and operated by the locally based The Swig Co. Its environmental program for the building included physical improvements such as efficient lamping, installation of motion sensors, daylight harvesting, and equipment retrofitting, along with process improvements such as green cleaning practices and recycling programs. The Energy Star is given to buildings that use at least 35% less energy than average buildings while still meeting its tenants’ power needs.

Organizations earn the Energy Star by using the EPA’s national energy performance rating system to generate energy-efficiency ratings for their buildings, on a scale of one to 100 relative to similar buildings across the country. The rating system is available for office buildings, schools, dormitories, hotels, hospitals, and grocery stores, among other commercial buildings. The Mills Building is one of 3,200 buildings nationwide that have earned an Energy Star from the US EPA.

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