Commercial Energy Audit — South San Francisco

If your business is spending $2,000 or more per month on utilities, a commercial energy audit pays for itself — usually in the first year.

Coastside Clean Energy conducts hands-on commercial energy audits for South San Francisco businesses: biotech and lab facilities, restaurants and food service, office buildings, and light industrial and warehouse properties. We look at where your money is actually going, then give you a clear roadmap to bring those costs down.

No jargon, no upsell pressure. Just an honest assessment from a licensed, local contractor who also installs the solutions.

(415) 236-0015  —  Call and see how much you can save

Built for South San Francisco's commercial landscape

South San Francisco's energy profile is unlike most Bay Area markets. The biotech and pharma corridor along East Grand and Oyster Point runs HVAC, lab equipment, and lighting around the clock. Restaurants and food service businesses in the downtown and commercial districts carry some of the highest per-square-foot energy loads of any industry. Older office buildings and warehouses along the 101 corridor are often running equipment and electrical infrastructure that hasn't been updated in decades.

We work with:

  • Biotech and life sciences offices and lab buildings

  • Restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and food production facilities

  • Office buildings and mixed-use commercial properties

  • Light industrial, warehouse, and distribution facilities

  • Retail and service businesses with high monthly utility bills

If your PG&E bill is consistently $2,000/month or higher, there is almost certainly money being left on the table.

What we look at

A Coastside Clean Energy commercial energy audit is a physical, on-site assessment — not a spreadsheet exercise. We walk the building, review your utility history, and identify the specific equipment, systems, and usage patterns that are driving your costs.

Utility bill analysis

We review 12 months of PG&E billing data to identify demand charge spikes, time-of-use exposure, rate schedule fit, and seasonal patterns. Many commercial businesses are on the wrong PGE rate schedule and overpaying without knowing it.

Lighting

Lighting upgrades are often the fastest payback item in a commercial audit. We identify legacy fixtures and controls and calculate the savings from an LED retrofit with occupancy or daylight sensors.

Electrical systems and panel capacity

We assess your main service panel, subpanels, and electrical infrastructure for capacity, efficiency losses, and upgrade opportunities. This matters especially if solar, battery storage, or EV charging is on your roadmap.

Solar and battery potential

If your roof, parking structure, or electrical infrastructure is a candidate for solar or battery storage, we assess the opportunity, model the economics, and outline available incentives — including California's SGIP battery rebate program.

HVAC and refrigeration loads

Heating, cooling, and refrigeration are typically the largest line items on a commercial energy bill. We evaluate equipment age, efficiency ratings, runtime patterns, and scheduling — and flag systems that are costing more to run than they would cost to replace.

EV charging potential

If your parking structure or electrical infrastructure is a candidate for EV charging infrastructure, we assess the opportunity, model the economics, and outline available incentives.

What you receive

After the site visit, we deliver a written report that includes:

  • A summary of your current energy spend and the key cost drivers

  • Prioritized improvement recommendations, ranked by payback period

  • Estimated annual savings for each recommended measure

  • Solar and battery system sizing and 10-year savings projection, if applicable

  • Available rebates and incentives specific to your property and PG&E rate schedule

  • A clear next step for each recommendation — no vague suggestions

  • The report is yours to keep and use however you like — whether that's working with us on implementation or taking it to your building owner or board.

Real example: food service, $4,500–$6,000/month in utility bills

We're currently working with a Bay Area food service business spending $4,500–$6,000 per month on electricity. The audit identified demand charge exposure during morning prep hours, aging refrigeration equipment running 15% below rated efficiency, and a roof with strong solar potential. The projected annual savings from the recommended changes exceed the cost of the audit and initial improvements combined — before any solar installation.

This is the kind of opportunity that exists in most commercial buildings that haven't been audited in the last five years.

Why work with us

1. Tell us what you're seeing

Call, text, or fill out the form below with a brief description of the issue. If you have a monitoring app, tell us the platform (Enphase Enlighten, SolarEdge mySolarEdge, Tesla app) and what error codes or readings you're seeing. We can often narrow down the cause before we arrive.

2. We schedule a diagnostic visit

We confirm a time that works for you and come to the property. The diagnostic visit covers a full assessment of the system — production, wiring, inverters, racking, roof penetrations, and monitoring. Most diagnostics take one to two hours.

3. You get a clear diagnosis and a fixed-price repair quote

After the visit, we explain what we found in plain language and give you a written quote for any repairs. No surprises, no pressure. If the repair is minor and we have parts on hand, we often complete it same-day.

4. Repair and verification

We complete the repair, verify production is back to expected levels, and confirm your monitoring is reporting correctly before we leave. You'll also get a written record of what was done for your files.

Why work with us?

Most energy auditors are consultants — they hand you a report and walk away. We're licensed contractors (License #1084515 – B, C10) with 25 years of Bay Area installation experience. When we identify an opportunity, we can implement it ourselves: solar, battery storage, panel upgrades, EV charging infrastructure, and electrical work.

That means the audit isn't a document that sits in a drawer. It's the first step in a complete project, handled by one team, start to finish.

We're also local. We know South San Francisco's permitting process, PG&E's commercial rate structures, and the building types along the Oyster Point corridor. That context makes the audit more useful — and any follow-on work faster.

Tesla Certified installer • CA License #1084515 – B, C10 • 25 years experience • Fully licensed and insured • Based in Pacifica, serving the Bay Area

Common Questions

  • Audit pricing depends on the size and complexity of the facility. We provide a fixed-price quote before any work begins. For most small and mid-sized commercial properties in South San Francisco, the audit pays for itself many times over through the savings it identifies — often within the first year.

  • The on-site portion typically takes two to four hours depending on building size. The written report follows within a week. We work around your business hours and minimize disruption to operations.

  • No. The report is yours. You're welcome to take it to any contractor. We'd love the opportunity to earn your business on the implementation side, but that's a separate conversation. The audit stands on its own.

  • We work with businesses ranging from single-tenant retail and restaurant spaces up to multi-tenant office and industrial buildings. If you're spending more than $2,000/month on utilities, an audit is almost always worth the conversation.

  • Often yes — especially for buildings with high daytime energy use (labs, manufacturing, food service) and large, unshaded roof areas. The federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) covers 30% of commercial solar installation costs, and PG&E's NEM 3.0 tariff still provides meaningful value for commercial accounts with high on-peak consumption. We model this specifically for your facility during the audit.

Let's take a look at your building.

Send us your address and a recent utility bill and Humphrey or Marcelo will get back to you. The more context you share, the faster we can get you an accurate quote.

Coastside Clean Energy

446 Old County Rd.

Suite 100-228

Pacifica, CA 94044

(415) 236-0015

hello@coastsidecleanenergy.com

Serving South San Francisco, Pacifica, San Francisco, the Peninsula, and the greater Bay Area.