Jet Propulsion Laboratory Launches into Cool Planet for Energy Efficiency Mission

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Launches into Cool Planet for Energy Efficiency
Mission

LOS ANGELES, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a
leading research center managed for NASA by the California Institute of
Technology, has reduced its energy usage by installing energy efficiency
projects that save more than four million kilowatt hours annually. This
environmental leadership has qualified JPL to participate in the Cool Planet
Project.
The Cool Planet Project combines the Southern California Edison's
successful energy efficiency programs with the California Climate Action
Registry to create an incentive for large business customers to install energy
efficiency projects and measure the resulting greenhouse gas reductions. It
is the first program of its kind in the utility sector.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is achieving complex and ambitious energy
efficiency initiatives. It has installed over 4.2 million kilowatt hours of
annual savings, which is equivalent to removing over 350 cars from the road
for one year. "We are creating innovative engineering achievements in space
and then applying them right here on earth too," said Matthew Berbee, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory Facilities Engineer. Berbee recently received the
Legend in Energy designation from the Association of Energy Engineers for his
outstanding innovation in this area.
"Southern California Edison is very pleased to collaborate with Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and the California Climate Action Registry to find and
apply innovative new ways to tackle the challenge of climate change through
energy efficiency," said Gene Rodrigues, Director of Energy Efficiency for
Southern California Edison.
"The innovation of Jet Propulsion Laboratory's energy efficiency projects
are remarkable," said Gary Gero, President of the California Climate Action
Registry."
Southern California Edison is the largest electricity utility in
California, serving a population of more than 13 million via 4.8 million
customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central and
Coastal California.
The California Climate Action Registry is a non-profit public/private
partnership that serves as a voluntary greenhouse gas registry to protect,
encourage, and promote early actions to reduce emissions. More than 320 major
companies, cities, government agencies and NGOs measure and publicly report
their GHG emissions through the Registry. http://www.climateregistry.org
SOURCE California Climate Action Registry

Justin Bilow of California Climate Action Registry, +1-213-891-1444, ext. 127