Bringing in the Right Team With Texas State University’s commitment to Sustainable Stewardship came a recognition that the campus needed to take steps to reduce building energy consumption. But how do you tackle such a prospect when your campus houses 266 buildings totaling over 7.6 million square feet? Knowing they needed an experienced energy efficiency
As a response to the growing demand for energy efficient, LEED certified office space, this two-story 45,000 square foot shell medical office building was designed and constructed in 2009. The project achieved a LEED Gold certification through the LEED for Core and Shell rating system. The facility utilized an efficient water cooled packaged HVAC system,
New Code, New requirements California is the energy conservation leader of all states since the adoption of energy code Title 24. They implemented many energy conservation measures long before they become standard in other jurisdictions. The challenge of being in the lead is education for the end user. When California adopted the new revision to
Making Older Buildings Better How do you fix old, existing buildings that have become less energy efficient and are providing poor thermal comfort? Retro-commissioning, which is a process that improves the energy efficiency of a building and allows it to operate as the Owner intended, can help. Through the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Energy
EEA and Solis Constructors teamed up for this design-build of a new 40,000 SF helicopter aircraft maintenance building for the Corp of Engineers at Fort Hood, Texas. The project involved full building design, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, compressed air, lightning protection, cathodic protection, energy modeling, commissioning, DDC controls, and LEED AP services. Shining Light on
Border Safety Borders between nations – even allied nations – are complex entities that require state-of-the-art facilities to monitor and control the flow of traffic from one side to the other. The McAllen Border Patrol facility consists of two buildings: These two buildings also include spaces for enclosed offices, open work areas, conference rooms, lunch