The Challenge The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the world’s largest labor unions, took advantage of PACE financing to save money and make its local hall more sustainable. The Teamsters’ Local 848 meeting hall is located in Long Beach, California. Local 848 represents over 7,000 blue and white collar professional workers who attend monthly meetings at the Long Beach hall. Monthly energy bills for this 2 story and 16,500 square foot office building averaged $2,500. The Teamsters recognized that the building could benefit from some energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades. The Los Angeles County PACE program helped identify the following goals for this project: • Improve overall building performance • Reduce energy and operating costs • Make necessary energ

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