Optimized Commercial Control Technology Of Plug-loads & Lighting (OCCTOPI)
Summary
SCH Number
2024080619
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Optimized Commercial Control Technology Of Plug-loads & Lighting (OCCTOPI)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/15/2024
Document Description
This project will develop and deploy an open-source technology that will allow electricians as well as building automation system operators to leverage occupancy features from plug load controllers to existing integrated LED lighting systems to controlling various buildings on UCSD campus to conserve and increase energy savings during vacancies.
Contact Information
Name
Felix Villanueva
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Utilities Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
La Jolla
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Gilman Drive and Matthews Ln
Zip
92093
Other Location Info
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use at the time of the lead agency's determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The activities funded by this agreement involve installation of energy efficient plug load controls and lighting controls to 200 already existing electrical plug load outlets and light fixtures in an existing large office space that is 83,000 square feet of space. The type of installations includes plug load controllers, connected wall switches, and motion and light sensors with no additional electrical work needed. These technologies involve no expansion of existing use to improve building performance. This project will result in negligible or no expansion of use beyond that already existing. Therefore, the project falls within section 15301 and will not have a significant effect on the environment. The project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; will not impact an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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