Northridge Country Club
Sacramento, CA
the project
An existing private country club looking to proactively address California's water and energy issues. This stable facility understands the pressing need for water and energy conservation and plans to get out in front of the issues through thoughtful discussion and proper planning.
What was done
Integrated Resource Management into their Club Master Plan. GRG assisted the Club by:
- Coordinating various Membership "Focus Group" sessions that identified areas of the need, interest levels and ways to successfully market a Resource Management Plan
- Developing a turf reduction plan that reduced 42.6 acres of maintained turf by transitioning out of play areas to drought resistant, native grasses
- Developing a Tree Management plan including tree removal, replacement and a plant palette list of preferred plantings
- Investigation of integrating solar power into their business
the result
Plans will achieve the following savings:
- $44,000 per year in water, energy and maintenance (a savings of over $1,100 per acre)
- 40,983 kwh per year
- Cut water use by almost 25%
- A reduction of 24.6 tons in CO2 emissions
awards / highlights
- Simple payback for project is 3.9 years ($175,000.00 total project cost)
- Estimated 20 True Value of Improvement is $374,596.00
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