LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power (LADWP), Brookfield Residential Southern California
(Brookfield) and Tecogen® Inc. (NASDAQ: TGEN) will host
a Sustainability Open House at The Resort at Playa Vista (The Resort) today from
4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 12852 Runway
Rd in Los Angeles. The event will
highlight The Resort's newest resident activity clubhouse and its
state-of-the-art energy efficient design.
At the Open House, SoCalGas and LADWP will also present the
"Award of Excellence" to Randy
Johnson, executive vice president of Brookfield for saving
the Playa Vista Master Homeowner's Association more than
$20,000 annually through the use of
natural gas, combined heat and power and solar photovoltaic
technologies. The installed technologies include Tecogen's CM-75
Ultra Cogeneration Module. The Combined Heat and Power module's
75-kilowatt natural gas-powered engine provides about 40 percent of
the community center's electricity and is fitted with Tecogen's
patented Ultra technology which reduces harmful nitrogen oxides
(NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions to near-zero levels.
The waste heat from the Tecogen unit is then recovered and used to
heat The Resort's pools and spas.
"The Resort's project is a wonderful example of what can happen
when developers, builders and utilities work together," said
Gillian Wright, vice president of
customer services for SoCalGas. "As a result of our SoCalGas and
LADWP partnership, we are very pleased to report that we will be
delivering incentive checks valued at more than $1 million combined to nine builders for
participation in the California Advanced Homes Program. These
represent more than 1,800 new 'green homes' within the Playa Vista Community."
"The Resort at Playa Vista
serves as a model of what housing should look like in the
future. When innovations like these become the standard, the
City of Los Angeles will have
surpassed its goal of 15 percent increased energy efficiency by
2020 and taken a major step toward a greener more sustainable
future," said David Jacot, LADWP
Director of Efficiency Solutions.
"We are incredibly excited to have partnered with SoCalGas,
LADWP and Brookfield on this project," said Robert Panora, President and COO of Tecogen.
"The Resort project at Playa Vista
is our first in conjunction with Brookfield and we hope to work
with them on their energy-efficiency initiatives again in the
future."
About Southern California Gas Co.
Southern California
Gas Co. has been delivering clean, safe and reliable natural gas to
its customers for more than 140 years. It is the nation's
largest natural gas distribution utility, providing service to 21.4
million consumers connected through 5.9 million meters in more than
500 communities. The company's service territory encompasses
approximately 20,000 square miles throughout central and
Southern California, from
Visalia to the Mexican
border. Southern California Gas Co. is a regulated subsidiary
of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), a Fortune 500 energy services holding
company based in San Diego.
About LADWP
The Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power (LADWP) is the nation's largest municipal utility, having
provided reliable water and power to Los
Angeles residents and businesses for over 100 years.
LADWP's power system supplies more than 25 million megawatt-hours
(MWh) of electricity a year for the City
of Los Angeles' 1.4 million residential and business
customers. LADWP's water system serves a population of 3.9 million
people within 473 square miles by delivering 191 billion gallons of
water annually to 674,000 residential and business water service
connections.
About Tecogen
Tecogen manufactures, installs, and
maintains high efficiency, ultra-clean combined heat and power
products including natural gas engine-driven cogeneration, air
conditioning systems, and high-efficiency water heaters for
residential, commercial, recreational and industrial use. The
company is known for cost efficient, environmentally friendly and
reliable products for energy production that, through patented
technology, nearly eliminate criteria pollutants and significantly
reduce a building's carbon footprint. In business for over 20
years, Tecogen has shipped more than 2,300 units, supported by an
established network of engineering, sales, and service personnel
across the United States. For more information, please visit
www.tecogen.com.
About Brookfield Residential Southern California
Brookfield Residential Southern California (Los Angeles and San
Diego) a division of Brookfield Residential, is committed to
being more than a homebuilder. We strive to create the best
places to call home. The Brookfield Residential Southern
California (Los Angeles and
San Diego) team has the
passion, the expertise and the local knowledge to craft homes and
neighborhoods that speak to homebuyers at every stage of life.
We are an award-winning community developer, homebuilder and
industry leader with an exceptional reputation for quality, design,
and customer service.
Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. is a leading North American
land developer and homebuilder. We entitle and develop land to
create master-planned communities and build and sell lots to
third-party builders, as well as to our own homebuilding division.
We also participate in select, strategic real estate opportunities,
including infill projects, mixed-use developments and joint
ventures.
For more information, visit www.brookfieldsocal.com or
www.brookfieldresidential.com
About Playa
Vista
Playa Vista is
a connected urban community on the Westside of Los Angeles between Marina del Rey and the Westchester Bluffs.
Located on property once occupied by Howard
Hughes' aircraft plant, runway and hangars, the land today
is a walkable mix of new homes, creative offices, retail,
year-round events and an extensive network of parks and open
spaces. Playa Vista's next
and final development area adds 2,600 for-sale and apartment homes,
200 independent/assisted-living homes, more office space, a second
resident club and new parks and open space. Construction is
nearing completion on Runway at Playa Vista, the community's mixed-use
commercial and social center that includes an approx.
200,000-square-foot shopping center, apartments and office
space. With 70 percent of the original community design
designated as parks and open space, and with smart sustainable
development throughout the community, Playa Vista is known as one of the most
innovative and connected urban infill communities in the United
States. The community is being developed by Brookfield
Residential. Visit PlayaVista.com for more information.
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