Get a Higher Return on Your Retrofit Investment with New Building Envelope Analysis Service

For years, architects, building owners, and facility managers relied on incomplete building system information for critical retrofit decisions. Standard component surveys might say a lot about a discrete system like the HVAC, lighting or interior environmental controls. But what about the whole building envelope, including external walls, the roof, and windows and doors? What about the envelope’s impact on heating and cooling demand, and the corresponding opportunity to downsize the building HVAC system? How can a professional understand the interdependence of all these systems in a realistic, contextual way?

July 15, 2015

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Union Bank’s San Diego headquarters building located at 530 B Street has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the Green Building Certification Institute under the standards established by the U.S. Green Building Council. Gold status was awarded to six buildings across the United States in the most recent certification and Union Bank’s San Diego headquarters building is one of only two in California.

| Sep 16, 2010

Green recreation/wellness center targets physical, environmental health

The 151,000-sf recreation and wellness center at California State University’s Sacramento campus, called the WELL (for “wellness, education, leisure, lifestyle”), has a fitness center, café, indoor track, gymnasium, racquetball courts, educational and counseling space, the largest rock climbing wall in the CSU system.

| Aug 11, 2010

ASHRAE issues correction on changes to addendum r to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 on ventilation for IAQ

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