Case Study: Menlo Business Park achieves 30% energy cost reduction with Enlighted

Menlo Business Park found Enlighted's potential for a fast return on their investment incredibly compelling

Menlo Business Park, managed by Tarlton Properties, is a Northern California R&D and office campus with energy‑intensive lab tenants and a business model built on flexible, short‑term leases. To keep spaces attractive and operating expenses low, the property team needed a fast, reliable way to cut utility costs and better manage occupancy-driven heating, cooling and lighting across roughly 500,000 sq ft in 12 buildings.

They deployed an integrated retrofit of 5,000 fixtures (T5 lamps with dimming ballasts and Enlighted sensors) and 250 programmable thermostats, with BACnet/OpenADR integration for demand response and utility-grade M&V. The micro‑zonal occupancy and temperature data enabled per‑fixture lighting control and smarter HVAC responses; incentives topped $500K and projected savings include about 60% lighting, 30% HVAC, 2.7M kWh and roughly $400K annually (~30% of prior energy spend), plus improved comfort, reliability and leasing flexibility.

Menlo Business Park

Dave Tarlton

Vice President