$75,000 rebate check

L-R, Dr. Peter Smits, Deborah Adishian-Astone, Dr. John Welty, Tom King, senior vice president and chief of utility operations for PG&E.

Energy-saving design at the Save Mart Center netted a $75,000 rebate check from Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

President Welty accepted the check on March 12 from Tom King, senior vice president and chief for Utility Operations for PG&E.

The check is for the PG&E Savings By Design energy efficiency new construction program. The rebate brings the total that Fresno State has received in rebates since 1990 to more than $821,000. 

Savings By Design is a PG&E program under the auspices of the Public Utilities Commission to encourage high-performance nonresidential building design and construction. Savings By Design offers building owners and their design team many services, including design assistance, owner incentives and design team incentives.