October, 2002
Enovity is hired by the County of Alameda to provide Building Commissioning for the new East County Hall of Justice facility (200,000 square feet) in Dublin, California. Enovity is providing energy planning, sustainable design initiatives, performance modeling, bridging documents support, and construction phase commissioning for the project.
July, 2002
Enovity is hired by the California Department of General Services (DGS) to continue work on the Capitol Area East End Complex (5 buildings, 1.4 million square feet) that Enovity principal Greg Cunningham, AIA first began in 1998. Enovity is providing review of the energy performance modeling prepared by the design/build contractors that demonstrates that the project achieves the goal of 30% superior to California’s Title 24 Building Energy Standards. Enovity is also overseeing the commissioning of the VAV boxes installed at four of the buildings.
June, 2002
Enovity is hired to assist the General Services Administration (GSA) in Region 9 in providing operation and maintenance services for the largest federal office building west of the Mississippi, the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, (1.4 million square feet). Enovity is providing HVAC and electrical systems troubleshooting, operations support, maintenance and strategy planning.
May, 2002
Enovity is hired by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to provide Retro-Commissioning (retro-Cx) for the mid-rise Class A office building at 501 J Street in downtown Sacramento. Enovity is providing a building tune-up focused on the facility’s building automation system (BAS) that is expected to save up to 10% of the energy use in the facility.
Enovity is hired by Comfort Systems USA, Inc. to provide energy and sustainable design assistance for the new proposed Sutro Visitors Center at Lands End in San Francisco, under Pacific Gas Electric Company’s Savings By Design Energy Performance Incentive Program. Enovity completes the project in October, 2002 with a report that includes a conceptual design incorporating high performance windows, daylighting, a living roof, efficient lighting and controls, natural ventilation, radiant floor heating and efficient domestic hot water system. These measures combine to save nearly 30% compared to California’s Title 24 Building Energy Standards.