Town Toyota Center Reduces Electricity Use by 15%

Town Toyota Center is a 180,550-square-foot Tier 1 facility. SEM activated there in July 2025. The source record describes compliance as still in process, with a documented potential noncompliance penalty of $275,825. That starting point called for measurable energy progress and accurate information that operations staff could use while the formal compliance work continued.

SEM supported the operating team with current information and reduction-focused guidance. General Manager Mark Miller specifically credited the student group with providing accurate material that the center’s operations staff could use to implement reduction policies. The source does not attribute the result to a grant-funded retrofit or a specific capital project, so this story stays focused on the reported operating period.

The data compare July 2024 through June 2025 with July 2025 through June 2026. Base-year electricity use totaled 3,883,808 kWh, and current-year use totaled 3,315,331 kWh. The difference was 568,477 kWh, a 15 percent reduction. No electricity-rate data were provided, so a cost-savings estimate is not added.

Monthly results varied from an 8 percent reduction to a 23 percent reduction. July and August showed the largest percentages, at 22 and 23 percent. September and May were each 8 percent lower than their base comparisons. Reporting the range makes clear that the overall reduction came from a full year of changing performance, not identical savings every month.

Miller recommended the student group to other organizations seeking energy savings. Lightly edited for clarity, he said: “This group is providing us with up-to-date and accurate information for the Town Toyota Center operations staff to implement reduction policies. We are in a better situation to meet Clean Buildings compliance than we would have been if we had been awarded grants and were working with other professional firms.”

The comparison in that statement reflects the client’s experience and should not be read as a general claim about every grant or professional firm. What the supporting data establish is narrower and still valuable: the center recorded a 15 percent electricity reduction while working with SEM, and management believed the student-supported information improved its compliance position.

The next step is completion of the Tier 1 pathway. Energy reduction is evidence of operating progress, but the client source still lists the building as in process. Owners considering SEM should expect the work to connect energy tracking with required plans, documentation, and submission rather than treating a lower utility total as automatic compliance.

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