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Boulder Commons <br />Lick Wilmerding High School, San Francisco <br />Scott Shell, Principal <br />i <br />When the University of California, one of our largest clients, decided to <br />prohibit gas in new projects that really got our attention. It now seems <br />irresponsible to recommend gas to our clients who may then have to <br />retrofit them before that equipment reaches the end of its life in order to <br />meet their carbon goals or local mandates to decarbonize. We don't want <br />to be saddling our clients with stranded assets. <br />Last year I interviewed seven leading mechanical engineers that we work <br />with asking if the building industry is ready to go all electric. They agreed <br />that the vast majority of buildings can go all -electric, and the cost is <br />competitive with a few exceptions. <br />Most of our all electric projects also include PVs, it is LESS expensive for <br />our clients to get their electricity from PV than from their utility. With a <br />power purchase agreement there is no out of pocket cost. Some clients <br />decided to fund the PVs themselves since it provides a favorable financial <br />return. Ten years ago solar was seen as an expensive solution for projects <br />with big budgets. It is amazing to see how quickly that has flipped. ehcW <br />