December, 2005
Enovity will sponsor the 2006 National Conference on Building Commissioning to be held in San Francisco at the Fairmont Hotel on April 19-21, 2006. Enovity Principal Jonathan Soper, P.E. will be presenting a paper on recent Enovity Continuous Commissioning projects for the Federal Government. Also, two Enovity commissioning projects will be the venues for the Conference site tours. The first site tour will be at the new GSA Federal Office Building at 7th and Mission that Enovity is currently commissioning, and the second site tour will be at the San Francisco downtown Marriott Hotel, where Enovity recently completed both the retro-commissioning report and self-performed the turn-key implementation of all recommended measures.
Enovity has also been hired to provide LEED Enhanced Commissioning services for the new David Brower Conference Center and Office Building. The new 42,000 square foot building in Berkeley is being designed with a goal of LEED Platinum and features innovative HVAC systems, natural lighting and state-of-the-art controls.
November, 2005
Enovity has been contracted with PG&E to expand its work for the lighting technology demonstration program for portable classroom. Enovity will provide implementation support, commissioning, and user training for ten new lighting demonstration sites in California.
October, 2005
Enovity announces the opening of its new office in Phoenix, Arizona and welcomes Eric Koeppel, P.E. as Enovity Technical Manager to head up the office. Mr. Koeppel has more than 10 years of experience in the energy industry, including six years of prior work with Enovity Principals Greg Cunningham and Jonathan Soper.
September, 2005
The Marriott Hotel Corporation has hired Enovity to manage the implementation contract for HVAC, lighting and control improvements at its downtown San Francisco hotel. The improvements include those recommended by Enovity as part of its retro-commissioning work for the California Statewide Building Tune-up Program (BTU).
Enovity also welcomes Ahmed Abdelkader as Controls Engineer. Mr. Abdelkader comes to Enovity from Boston where he was focused on design, installation and commissioning of controls for medical and commercial buildings. He is an expert on Automated Logic Control (ALC) building automation systems.
August, 2005
The University of California at Santa Cruz has hired Enovity to provide Monitoring-based Commissioning (MBCx) of its Fackler Condenser Water Plant at the campus. Enovity is working with campus energy and facility operations staff to optimize the performance of central plant equipment and controls, with the goal to ensure sustainable long-term energy savings and operational improvements.
Enovity welcomes Maia Speer, P.E. as Commissioning Project Manager. Ms. Speer brings nineteen year of experience in engineering that includes design and construction services including building commissioning. Maia now manages new construction commissioning projects for Enovity.
Enovity principal Greg Cunningham has accepted a post on the Advisory Board to the California Commissioning Collaborative.
July, 2005
Enovity has been contracted by the Folsom Cordova Unified School District to commission its Cordova High School campus and the new Navigator Elementary School Campus. The Cordova High Campus project features an extensive renovation of HVAC and control systems that serves twelve (12) existing campus buildings totaling 129,000 square feet. The new $13.8 Million 42,000 square foot Navigator Elementary Campus features HVAC and building automation systems (BAS) that serve seven (7) school buildings. Navigator campus construction is scheduled for completion on May 9, 2006.
June, 2005
Enovity has been awarded the Commissioning Authority contract for the County of Alameda Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro. This new facility, designed as a LEED Silver building under a Hensel Phelps design-build contract, is 320,000 square feet and features a new central plant and innovative controls. Enovity’s commissioning work will encompass HVAC and electrical systems, lighting systems and controls, fire/life safety system, security and telecomm. Enovity worked with the County of Alameda during early design phases to establish an energy efficiency target of thirty percent superior to the California Title 24 Energy Standards. Enovity is also completing an energy feasibility study focused on the potential for LEED Existing Building certifications for PG&E owned and operated facilities. This work includes site surveys, Energy Star benchmarking, and cost analyses for nine PG&E sites.
May, 2005
Enovity has completed the building automation systems (BAS) re-commissioning and BAS re-programming at five GSA Federal buildings located throughout the Western U.S. GSA facilities include the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix, the Lloyd George Federal Office building in Las Vegas, and the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. This work focused on the control optimization of HVAC systems and central plant equipment.
April, 2005
Enovity has begun work on the new 80,000 square foot Rosa Park Elementary School in Corona to identify energy efficiency options and monetary incentives under the Savings By Design New Construction Program sponsored by Southern California Edison (SCE).
March, 2005
The Marin Academy has hired Enovity to provide commissioning of its new Library and Classroom buildings at its San Rafael campus. The two new campus buildings total about 30,000 square feet and will be completed in two phases, with opening of the first building to coincide with the Fall 2006 academic year.
February, 2005
Enovity has been retained by PG&E to perform energy assessments of new construction projects and major retrofits in the high-tech industry. Project work includes design assistance, energy modeling and specialized energy research for cleanrooms, data centers, and medical laboratories. Enovity has begun work on a project for Qualcomm and a new building at the Watsonville Municipal Wastewater facility.
January, 2005
The U.C. Office of the President has qualified Enovity to provide Commissioning Services at buildings throughout the University's ten California's Campuses. The U.C.'s Monitoring-Based Commissioning Program (MBCx) involves the installation and operation of whole building metering and energy management, control, and monitoring systems to diagnose building performance and to develop retro-commissioning plans and procedures to optimize energy performance of campus buildings and systems. Campus buildings that may participate in this program include administrative and office buildings, classroom buildings and lecture halls, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, sporting facilities, theaters and performance halls, food service and cafeterias, and central plants.