Ecology action of santa cruz (ecology action) is a nonprofit energy efficiency consultancy providing solutions for the commercial and residential market sectors

Ecology action delivers comprehensive projects with measurable energy savings and GHG reductions and is a nationally respected efficiency provider in the food retail and distribution sector. The organization is a california public utility commission (cpuc)-certified women business enterprise (WBE) established in 1970, now working in 24 states and employing 115 clean energy professionals. Ecology action has completed over 20,000 start-to-finish energy efficiency retrofits and are market leaders in developing pragmatic, collaborative conservation and climate justice programs for hard-to-reach and disadvantaged communities. Ecology action is leading the western states food bank network energy efficiency program. Our program goals, objectives, and outcomes include the following: • provide energy upgrades to a portfolio of approximately 40-55 nonprofit food bank network facilities in up to three western states that will yield measurable bill savings for participating subrecipients over the lives of the installed measures, with the majority located in JUSTICE40 and tribal communities. Target facilities include, but are not limited to, food banks, food storage and distribution, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food distribution programs, family and veteran resource centers, youth development programs, and drug and alcohol rehabilitation agencies, etc. Which are owned by the nonprofit organizations. • deliver an estimated total lifetime energy savings of 20.7M KWH, resulting in approximately 14,455 metric tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) reduced, on a budget of $5,870,000 plus $1,750,000 in cost share funds, for a total budget of $7,620,000. Ecology action is targeting to reduce energy consumption by an average of 15% across the portfolio of upgraded facilities.