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State Compensation Insurance Fund, a workers\u2019 compensation insurer active in the state of California since 1914, has joined forces with ENGIE North America and JLL to carry out the second phase of its sustainable strategy<\/a>. The plan includes installing solar panels and energy storage systems, as well as electric vehicle charging systems.<\/p>\n

ENGIE North America will install 11 megawatts of solar panels across six of the insurer\u2019s facilities at Redding, Bakersfield, Fresno, Pleasanton, Riverside and Vacaville; collectively, these will generate approximately 18 gigawatt-hours of clean energy per year. This capacity is estimated to offset roughly 14,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to planting 204,000 trees every year.<\/p>\n

In addition to the solar panel systems, these locations, plus a seventh, will also be equipped with a network of more than 150 Level II and Level III (fast charging) electric vehicle charging stations. The stations will be used by the firm\u2019s employees and car fleet, which currently counts eight battery electric vehicles, three of which are new long-range BEVs.<\/p>\n

The retail electricity supplier will also install battery storage systems at Bakersfield, Pleasanton, Vacaville and Fresno locations for a combined 4,240 kilowatt-hours. That will enable State Fund to avoid buying electricity from the grid<\/a> during peak times.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt State Fund, we are committed to fulfilling our responsibility to positively impact the businesses and communities we serve. By reducing our use of fossil fuels and investing in these sustainability initiatives, we are helping to contribute to a cleaner, healthier future for California,\u201d <\/em>Andreas Acker, executive vice president & chief administrative officer, told Commercial Property Executive. <\/em><\/p>\n

Green efforts<\/h2>\n

State Fund\u2019s sustainable strategy kicked off a few years ago and, so far, it materialized in various initiatives, including the installation of exterior and interior LED lighting and energy efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at several location; installation of daylight harvesting systems at all owned buildings; and installation of water-saving appliances such as waterless or dual-flush toilets and low-flow faucets at most sites.<\/p>\n

In addition, eight of the company\u2019s buildings have received Energy Star certifications, which translates to a 10 percent in energy reduction since 2016. Moreover, to substantially reduce plastic use, State Fund initiated an internal campaign to \u201cban the bottle\u201d that runs during events the firm is hosting.<\/p>\n

Work has already started at some sites, and the entire project is slated for completion by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The California workers’ comp fund employs multiple tools for the next phase of its sustainability plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004366246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21742,21747,21786,15],"tags":[43919,34937,32796,35875,48902],"class_list":["post-1004397425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-latest","category-office","category-sustainability","category-west","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-engie-north-america","tag-jll","tag-solar-power","tag-state-compensation-insurance-fund"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSolar-Plus-Storage Sparks State Agency's Upgrade - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar-Plus-Storage Sparks State Agency's Upgrade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The California workers' comp fund employs multiple tools for the next phase of its sustainability plan.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-11T14:39:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-19T21:35:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Energy-Efficiency-Sustainability.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"526\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anca Gagiuc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anca Gagiuc\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/340a1a5e8e7dd137bd91ca1dd3a2e9d7\"},\"headline\":\"Solar-Plus-Storage Sparks State Agency’s Upgrade\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-11T14:39:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-19T21:35:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/Energy-Efficiency-Sustainability.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"electric vehicles\",\"ENGIE North America\",\"JLL\",\"solar power\",\"State Compensation Insurance Fund\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Development\",\"News\",\"Office\",\"Sustainability\",\"West\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/state-funds-sustainability-strategy-powered-by-engie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Solar-Plus-Storage Sparks State Agency's Upgrade - 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