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Early energy charrettes: Achieving cost-effective high performance buildings is the result of an early integration of energy opportunities into the design process.

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  • Energy Overview

    Our consultants’ expertise and knowledge working on projects of varing complexity with diverse regional, climatic and cultural influences aids a design through analysis and consulting at all stages to maximize building performance opportunities, reducing energy consumption.

  • Benefits

    Integrated approach: Specialist consultants provide an integrated approach to building envelope and systems design.

    Opportunity for optimization: Early energy performance consultation can identify opportunities for optimizing active and passive system performance.

    Reduce cost and emissions: Increased energy efficiency reduces operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

    Increase market value: Designing a building for energy efficiency, visual and thermal comfort increases its market value.

    Enhance comfort and energy usage: Effective daylighting strategies enhance occupant comfort and energy optimization.

    Cost effective high performance: Integration of energy opportunities early in design results in cost effective high performance buildings.

    Read how a company was able to eliminate use of a 250,000-cfm ventilation system -- visit this link and see point #7.

  • Issues

    • Energy performance consultation
    • Energy simulation
    • Daylight simulation
    • Renewable energy
    • Envelope performance
    • Passive and active systems design
    • LEED® compliance modeling