Your Portfolio Scaled for Maximum Impact.

For multi-site operators with 10+ locations, you need a partner who has the experience to scale your energy optimization projects across your entire portfolio. Stop doing sites in random order. Start with a plan your entire organization can stand behind.

100+

multi-site programs delivered

1,000+ Costco

projects across 600+ facilities

IKEA

74 sites retrofitted

Three Problems With Portfolio-Wide Energy Projects

Every multi-site operator we work with has tried to run their energy optimization projects without a written roadmap at some point. It almost always breaks down in one of three ways, and the cost is always larger than the cost of the engagement that would have prevented it.

Random Sequencing

Sites get done based on whichever facility manager is loudest, which lease is expiring soon, or which region the install crew happens to be in. The result: high-ROI sites get pushed to year 3, low-ROI sites get done first, and the cumulative savings curve is materially lower than it should be. We’ve seen this pattern cost $2M+ in unrealized savings on portfolios of 100+ sites.

Missed Incentives

Utility rebate programs change quarterly. Tier bonuses open and close. Incentive program rules shift. When sites aren’t sequenced against these calendars, programs that should have funded the project quietly disappear. The retrofit still gets done but you pay full price instead of the incentive-adjusted price.

Regulatory Whiplash

Commercial fluorescent lighting bans, local energy benchmarking ordinances, state-level efficiency mandates are in constant flux. When sites in different jurisdictions aren’t tracked against the right regulatory calendars, you could end up retrofitting a site twice; once to decrease your energy spend and again to bring it into regulatory compliance. The wasted spend can run into seven figures across a national portfolio.

Why bring in a portfolio partner

Advantages of a Portfolio Partner

Nationwide Contractor & Installer Network

A vetted crew in every market. No sourcing local installers.

Consistent Approach, Consistent Results

Same process and reporting in every region. Nothing fragmented across markets

Dedicated Incentives & Energy Program Specialists

A team living in rebate programs full-time capturing every dollar you’re owed.

Single Point of Accountability

One partner owns the rollout. One number to call. Not five vendors.

In their words

As a repeat client of Pacific Energy Concepts over the last 5 years, I can say that our results at Lithia stores across the country have been tremendous.

Director of Real Estate, Lithia Motors | 300+ Projects

Costco has been in partnership with Pacific Energy Concepts since 2015. PEC has proven to be an expert in developing and implementing custom LED lighting solutions. They successfully helped us develop an LED retrofit scope of work and then proceeded to roll this out over 600+ Costco Wholesale warehouse locations.

Manager of Energy Systems, Costco | 600+ Projects

Portfolio-Wide Lighting Upgrades, Managed by PEC

36 Projects. 22 States. One Consistent Process.

PEC partnered with Daltile to upgrade lighting across its entire portfolio—creating consistent standards, improving product visibility, and minimizing disruption at every location.

PEC has demonstrated the scalability and seamlessness of our end-to-end optimized lighting solutions.

Paul Marks
Senior Director of Construction, Daltile

You’ve set a standard for Daltile that’s for sure. Daltile now has a standard in lighting.

Bob Niece
Construction Project Manager, Daltile

The feedback was positive instantaneously. People would come in, and materials they had walked by the day before were now stopping and looking at because they were seeing them in their true shades.

Paul Marks
Senior Director of Construction, Daltile

See the Impact

PEC has saved over 3 BILLION kWh for it’s customers. That’s the equivalent of over 2,352,278,489 BILLION pounds of coal burned! See the blue-chip companies that continually tap PEC for impactful energy solutions.

LED Lighting

Multi Region Implementation

PEC partnered with Costco to standardize and deliver LED upgrades across 650 locations, managing more than 1,000 projects throughout multiple regions and countries.

LED Lighting

Portfolio-Wide Cold Storage Upgrades

PEC is delivering LED lighting retrofits across 121 temperature-controlled logistics and cold storage sites, creating consistent standards while improving efficiency, safety, and operating costs portfolio-wide.

See the Impact

PEC has saved over 3 BILLION kWh for it’s customers. That’s the equivalent of over 2,352,278,489 BILLION pounds of coal burned! See the blue-chip companies that continually tap PEC for impactful energy solutions.

LED Lighting

Incentivized Lighting Solution

$1,191,126 in incentives were secured, with durable fixtures designed to withstand tough conditions while ensuring the quality lighting needed to support Jeld Wen’s production standards.

LED Lighting

165% Light level increase

See how PEC captured $1,628,876 in incentives for VIGOR in one of the largest projects in the history of the Energy Trust of Oregon

Portfolio Program FAQs

What's the minimum portfolio size for a PEC engagement?

We typically work with portfolios of 25 or more sites, though we’ve delivered roadmaps for portfolios as small as 10 (when site complexity warrants) and as large as 650+. The engagement scales, what doesn’t scale is the value of having one sequencing strategy across the whole footprint.

Is the Portfolio Roadmap free?

The initial Portfolio Briefing — a 60-minute strategic call with your leadership team — is free with no commitment. The full Portfolio Roadmap engagement (4–8 weeks of work) is a paid engagement priced based on portfolio size. The cost is typically a fraction of the value the roadmap unlocks. For most customers, PEC credits the roadmap fee against the first executed project.

What if my sites span multiple states and multiple utilities?

That’s exactly the situation the roadmap is built for. PEC has active incentive program relationships across most major North American utilities, and the roadmap explicitly maps your portfolio against each utility’s program calendar, tier structure, and funding state.

Do we have to use PEC for the actual installs after the roadmap is delivered?

No. The roadmap is yours. You can use it to bid the work to other contractors, manage the program in-house, or engage PEC for execution. Most customers choose PEC for execution because the same team that built the roadmap runs the installs — but it’s an entirely separate decision.

How does PEC account for regulatory changes throughout the process?

Roadmaps include a regulatory risk register at delivery. For customers who continue with PEC for execution, the roadmap is updated quarterly to reflect utility program changes, federal policy updates, and new state mandates. Customers without an execution agreement can purchase annual roadmap updates.

Can PEC include EV charging and energy monitoring, not just lighting?

Yes. The Portfolio Roadmap covers your full energy infrastructure — LED retrofits, EV charging deployment, and energy monitoring rollouts — sequenced together. This is especially valuable when multiple infrastructure changes share a single utility incentive program or regulatory deadline.

How does the portfolio process interact with our internal capex planning cycle?

PEC builds the capex pacing schedule to align with your fiscal year and your finance team’s planning horizon. We can model accelerated, paced, and conservative deployment scenarios so your CFO sees the trade-offs explicitly.

What kind of executive visibility does PEC provide?

PEC produces board-ready summary slides, ESG-reporting language, and CFO capital-planning views as standard outputs. It’s designed to be the source document for executive and board updates throughout the program.

How long does the actual portfolio rollout take after the roadmap is approved?

Most multi-site programs run 18–60 months from kickoff to completion, depending on portfolio size and capex pacing. The roadmap establishes the timeline; execution typically beats it on the high-ROI front-loaded sites.

What if our portfolio is growing — through acquisition or new construction?

The roadmap is a living document for ongoing PEC customers. New sites (acquired or built) are integrated into the framework as they join the portfolio. Lithia Motors is the model case: nearly 300 dealerships absorbed into one rolling program over a decade.

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