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Glide Memorial Church Profile

Location 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco
Square Footage 56,000
Number of Employees 175
Number of Volunteers >1,000
Type of Organization Church and Nonprofit Social Service Agency
Energy Efficiency Upgrades Refrigeration, Lighting, and Exit Signs

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Success Stories

San Francisco Energy Watch has assisted a wide spectrum of industries, including restaurants, schools, retail stores, offices, residential properties, hotels, and more. The primary purpose of this program is to reduce energy use in San Francisco in keeping with the city's long-range plans to make San Francisco more environmentally sustainable.

Glide Memorial Church

"We appreciate the help and guidance of SF Department of the Environment. They led us down many green paths, and we look forward to more collaborations in energy efficiency and the greening of Glide."

- Terry Zukoski, Facilities Manager
Glide Memorial Church

The Glide Memorial Church provides Meals, Women's Center, Health Clinic, HIV/AIDS Project, Recovery Program, Family Services, Walk-In Shelter, and Training and Employment for people in need. The City and County of San Francisco's Department of the Environment is proud to be able to help such a vital community resource.

Glide Memorial upgraded over 1,200 light fixtures, installed 30 occupancy sensors and retrofit 36 LED exit signs. Also, they replaced gasket material in their walk-in cooler and installed strip curtains on doorways to two kitchen walk-in refrigerators.

Glide Memorial upgraded over 1,200 light fixtures, installed 30 occupancy sensors and retrofit 36 LED exit signs. Also, they replaced gasket material in their walk-in cooler and installed strip curtains on doorways to two kitchen walk-in refrigerators. With almost $16,000 of savings on their utility bills annually, Glide has more money to devote to the important services they provide to the community.

Benefits include:

  • Energy and savings go along with our mission statement
  • Nonobligatory professional free energy audit
  • We can allocate money from our energy savings to our programs

SAVINGS SNAPSHOT

Total Project Cost $38,563
Program Incentive $14,875
Customer's Co-Pay $19,750
Annual Savings $15,845
kW Reduction 23.7
Payback 15 months