This multiple year contract is focused around helping the local electric utility, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), and its customers achieve electrification across a variety of building and project types. In 2019, SMUD’s board committed to a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. As a leader in California, and quite frankly, across the nation, SMUD’s commitment to reduce fossil fuel consumption is a meaningful demonstration of pursuing a clean energy future.

Most notably, the scope of this contract for Glumac includes multiple task orders that address the following:

• Gas to electric conversions using heat pumps for water heating and space heating
• Design of central heat pump water heating systems
• Assess building level electrical infrastructure to determine feasibility for upgrades due to electrification of space heating, water heating, and electric vehicles
• Evaluate programs from project level analysis to program design
• Recognizing costs and benefits of equipment/facility modifications and providing scheduling required for bidding/installation
• Managing multiple DVBE/SBE sub-consultants to support local community economics

To date, Glumac has facilitated concept designs and energy analysis for heat recovery strategies at a local manufacturing facility, the SMUD headquarters center utility plant and multiple school campuses. These endeavors have explored how to reduce overall energy use intensity in such a way that electricity-based solutions can be leveraged without increasing the
facility electrical demand and system capacity. Both space-conditioning and process-heating applications have been explored and are currently being planned for implementation.

Start/End Date: 2021 / Ongoing
Owners: Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Services: Energy Analysis, Sustainability Consulting