CASE STUDY · HOSPITALITY & ENTERTAINMENT

Chilled water plant optimization at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles

Exergenics' machine learning engine delivers a 7.2% energy saving per year on the 3,600 TR chilled water plant at SoFi Stadium, a 70,240-spectator venue in Los Angeles. That is $68,700 in operating cost reduction and 98 tCO2e avoided per year, from recommendations the site team deployed in June 2023.

Interior of SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, looking across the football field to the seating bowl, with the oval video board hanging under the translucent roof canopy
SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
Chilled water plant optimization
Client
SoFi Stadium
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Sector
Hospitality & entertainment
Plant
3,600 TR cooling capacity
Data source
Stadium data warehouse

Energy saving

7.2%

Of chilled water plant energy, per year

Emissions avoided

98tCO2e

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided, per year

Operating cost reduction

$68,700

Operating expense reduction, per year

Cooling capacity

3,600TR

Chilled water plant serving the stadium

The challenge

SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles has a capacity of 70,240 spectators. Its chilled water plant has 3,600 TR of cooling capacity, and the stadium keeps plant data in its own data warehousing platform.

Exergenics applied its machine learning engine to that data to improve the energy efficiency of the chilled water plant. The facilities management (FM) team highlighted additional plant nuances, and Exergenics adjusted its modeling constraints to suit the site.

No black box. No training. No security issues.

Site profile

Client
SoFi Stadium
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Facility type
Stadium
Capacity
70,240 spectators
Plant
Chilled water plant, 3,600 TR cooling capacity
Data source
The stadium's data warehousing platform
Site input
Plant nuances highlighted by the facilities management (FM) team
Implementation
Site team, June 2023
Project timeline
June 2023: site team deployed the Exergenics recommendations
June 2023: preliminary remote witnessing of the deployment completed
Final M&V confirmed the results shown on this page

Verified results

Per year, confirmed by final measurement and verification

All figures are annual (per year). Savings were confirmed in the final measurement and verification (M&V) of the strategy deployed in June 2023.

OutcomeResultStatus
Energy saving7.2% of chilled water plant energy, per yearVerified
Emissions avoided98 tCO2e, per yearVerified
Operating cost reduction$68,700, per yearVerified

The Exergenics approach

Recommendations deployed by the site team

Exergenics doesn't write to the building controls. The site team deployed the Exergenics recommendations, and the modeling constraints were adjusted with site feedback to keep deployment as simple as possible.

1

Data and documentation

Data came from the stadium's data warehousing platform. The facilities management (FM) team highlighted additional plant nuances.

2

Strategy development

Exergenics adjusted its modeling constraints based on site feedback, so the strategy could be deployed in the simplest possible way.

3

Strategy implementation

The site team deployed the Exergenics recommendations in June 2023.

4

Measurement and verification

Preliminary remote witnessing of the deployment was completed in June 2023. Final measurement and verification (M&V) confirmed the results.

Find the savings in your plant

Exergenics works from the data the building already collects. No black box, no training and no security issues.

Figures are annual, as supplied by Exergenics and confirmed in the final measurement and verification (M&V) at SoFi Stadium.