In December 2021, the Marshall Fire devastated Colorado’s Front Range, destroying over 1,000 homes in Superior and Louisville a single day. Fueled by 100 mph winds, it left devastation in its wake and families faced with the difficult choice of how to rebuild. For one...
New building commissioning can help pave the way for a healthy and cost-effective future for all new residential and commercial builds. As a critical step in the process of creating a new building, commissioning should never be skipped. In fact, this upfront...
The placement of a penthouse on top of a commercial building is becoming more attractive and common. These units are often highly sought after by luxury homeowners seeking a unique living experience with the convenience of being located in a central business...
The best practice is plain and simple: Commissioning should start before design, as outlined by ASHRAE and other industries. This is easy to say but takes discipline to do. In this blog, we are going to discuss why you need to perform commissioning at the startup...
Innovative advancements have propelled electric heating using heat pumps to become a powerful solution for today and the future. From sophisticated heat pumps to advanced control systems, electric heating solutions are efficient and offer greater control and design...
Although HERS ratings are already mandatory for every new home in Aspen, Pitkin County, Boulder and Boulder County Colorado, the addition of Advanced Energy Modeling offers luxury homeowners a pathway to achieve even higher energy efficiency and sustainability,...
What is Life Cycle Cost Analysis? When speaking to client’s about the capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenditures (OpEx) of their heating, cooling and ventilation systems, we find the best way to communicate is a shared language of dollars and cents. To do...
Without electric heating, your building risks falling behind industry standards. Electric heating is a long-proven and highly effective approach to achieving sustainability and energy efficiency. Buildings are responsible for about 28% of global CO2 emissions, with...
Net zero emissions buildings represent a groundbreaking approach to sustainable architecture, aiming to completely offset their carbon emissions over their operational lifespan. These innovative structures harness a combination of renewable energy sources,...
Indoor air quality services have surged in importance and popularity due to heightened awareness of health and environmental concerns. The realization that indoor air can be significantly more polluted than outdoor air has underscored the critical role of indoor air...