Case Studies
The Louvre at Saddle River
we never thought we would be asked to bring The Louvre to Saddle River, New Jersey—part of it, anyway.
AVICS Printing
AVICS Printing is an international printing company with over 500 sq.ft. of office space. The building’s central heating and air-conditioning had the typical IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) issues found in a printing facility.
Block Island
The challenge was to provide fresh air throughout an air-tight, earthen-built structure to improve breathing and comfort for occupants. The equipment used had to reliably withstand a variety of weather conditions.
Bourbon BBQ
After a major reconstruction was completed in 2011, Mike Feygin, owner of Bourbon BBQ, decided it was time to make his mark on the local community beyond his delicious barbecue.
Manufacturing Facility
A 2,000 square foot office suite with central heating and air conditioning had serious IAQ issues due to a manufacturing and welding facility situated directly beneath it.
Chanel Inc.
This large international perfume manufacturer had issues with IAQ temperature control and high energy bills prone to double digit rate increases.
Chrysalis Yoga Studio
Chrysalis Yoga & Café is not an ordinary yoga studio. The program line-up includes ‘hot yoga’, which is specifically designed to loosen muscles and allow for ease of stretching.
Circle Management LLC
This newly built facility needed fresh outdoor air to meet code requirements and had IAQ issues caused by the athletes’ vigorous training. The client was seeking high efficiency ventilation equipment.
Devil Gymnastics
The front office areas and locker rooms of this facility had IAQ issues and lacked fresh air make-up. The main gym area trapped unpleasant odors outgassed from the many thick neoprene workout mats.
Glatt Air Techniques
A member of the world-wide Glatt group, which specializes in integrated-process technology, the company aimed to greatly reduce energy usage in its heat recovery functions through an energy-efficient means.
Hopewell Valley Schools
Hopewell Valley Regional School District sought to boost energy-efficiency throughout six school buildings and provide students and staff with improved IAQ.
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
The goals of this project were to conduct an energy audit on Hunterdon Central Regional High School’s energy consumption, establish baselines for energy efficiency, and identify opportunities to reduce energy usage and its overall cost.
Interlakes Animal Hospital
The IAQ issue in this veterinary setting was quite obvious; strong odors from the animals posed a serious comfort problem. Fresh air needed to be brought into various parts of the building.
Manitoba Hydroelectric
Manitoba Hydroelectric, Manitoba’s lead energy utility, purchased a BPE ERV for the purposes of instrumenting and evaluating the need for fresh outdoor air in below freezing conditions in an area of Northern Canada.
Marty’s Reliable Cycle
The challenge for Haglid Engineering was to renovate an existing retail bicycle shop, which was originally built as a home in the late 1800s, to achieve certification under LEED® for Commercial Interiors.
Newark Liberty International Airport
The challenge was to bring fresh air to the back office areas of Newark Airport, which were isolated from outdoor air intakes by new construction and steel-reinforced concrete structural members.
On the Move Convenience Store
As part of an overall energy efficiency improvement project, the customer wanted to significantly reduce energy consumption utilized by the existing HVAC [Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning] system.
Plymouth Cultural Center
Cultural centers can be an enormous challenge in HVAC design. The number of occupants fluctuates day by day, hour by hour, so the building must provide fresh air over a large range of flows.
Saskatchewan Conservation House
When it was built in 1977, the Saskatchewan Conservation House was one of the first completely energy efficient homes in North America. Our goal was to increase the energy and cost effectiveness of this passive house, which is nearly air tight, by improving the ventilation.
Avidan Management
Avidan Management’s 656,000-sq.ft. property had been labeled a ‘gas guzzler,’ making at least 200,000 sq.ft. of the structure challenging to rent. The facility included 40,000 sq.ft. of one-story office space, a 181,000 sq.ft. refrigerated warehouse, and 433,000 sq.ft. of mixed-use dry- warehouse space.
Whitehouse School
According to the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the K-12 school building sector spends $6 billion dollars a year on energy bills.
Bardwell House
This home’s basement suffered from the typical issues associated with combining a tight building envelope with high summer humidity and a cool basement.
Alpaca Rafts
A small company in Colorado that designs and hand builds rafts with the best materials and techniques available while operating completely off the power grid needed a safer work environment.
The Reformed Gas Guzzler
At the project’s inception, the client expressed he was having difficulty renting a 200,000 sqft space; but after we improved the building envelope and implemented the BPE energy recovery, on- site solar generation, and high-efficiency lighting, potential tenants could not believe it was the same space.
Jim Saxton Community Center Ventilation System
Designing a ventilation system that can meet the requirements of drastically different interior spaces can be very difficult.