250 GATEWAY BLVD
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
250 Gateway Blvd is a ~363,500 sq ft full-service Embassy Suites by Hilton hotel built in 1987, operating 24/7 near SFO. Energy loads include HVAC for an all-suite atrium property, heated indoor pool, restaurant, fitness center, and continuous guest-services operations.
Projected savings.
Year 1
$206,100
Lifetime (~30 yr)
$15,369,000
By the numbers.
0.5
Years to payback
$36.4M
Total benefits (lifetime)
$21.1M
Property value gain
$452,084
Tax incentives captured
Levelized cost of electricity
Like most SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO businesses, the site was paying high Peak rates and large Demand charges — the kind of bill structure that punishes daytime energy use and penalizes the very hours commercial properties consume the most power. The result was a Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) of $1.16/kWh from PG&E, reduced to $0.01/kWh from SolarPorts.
SolarPorts evaluated their interval power usage (every 15 minutes) and proposed a right-sized 225 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as a rooftop array on the building.
The system now produces roughly 441,927 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $206,100 in year-one utility offsets, and around $15,369,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.
System spec
System design
- Site
- 250 GATEWAY BLVD
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080-7018 - APN
- 015023240
- Utility
- PG&E
- Seismic rating
- 1.2
- Irradiance
- 2
- System size
- 225.0 kW DC
- Estimated production
- 441,927 AC kWh / year
- Year-1 utility offset
- $206,100
- Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
- $15,369,000
- Solar panels
- 360 × Q.TRON XL-G2.3/BFG
- Wire loss
- 2.0%
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