Clean energy continues to be a valuable investment across the United States, both commercially and residentially. But not everyone has access to sustainable, affordable housing. Altura's own Jim Maclay, Ph.D., P.E., CEM, along with his counterparts at UC Irvine's Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), demonstrate a process for developing an accurate [...]
THE PROBLEM Commercial buildings are frequently delivered with control systems that are incomplete, create a poor experience for occupants and operators, or, at best, lock owners into a high-cost operating condition. Owners with large portfolios of buildings end up with different technology systems that don’t speak a common language and are difficult to manage cost effectively at an enterprise [...]
We’re taking a moment on this Earth Day 2021 to celebrate the innovation and tireless work of our Altura team and our fantastic clients, who are demonstrating that the climate protection goals of our global community are achievable and good for business! Across 120M+ square feet of buildings, we are driving CO2e emissions reductions of between 10%-50% and have [...]
Altura Principal Jim Meacham contributed an article in the Spring 2020 edition of the Project Haystack Connections Journal. Excerpt: The unprecedented “lock-downs” and stay-at-home orders across the U.S. and the world are exposing a new category of winners and losers – the data “have’s” and the data “have-not’s”. A few recent project examples highlight how our nearly decade-long investment [...]
With over 80 million square feet of properties that have undergone extensive renovations over the years, pursuing aggressive energy savings goals is a highly complex undertaking for MGM Resorts International, the Las Vegas-based hospitality company. A variety of building automation systems (BAS) and 24/7 nature of the business creates additional challenges in gathering the necessary data for improving and [...]
Altura is thrilled to announce we’ve been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign as Monitoring Based Commissioning Service Provider of the Year! The award was accepted by Altura engineer Tavis Werts at the 2019 BCxA Conference in Chicago. This award is recognition for work Altura has completed with participants of the Smart [...]
U.S. electric vehicle (EV) sales increased by roughly 80% in 2018 as consumer demands continued to shift from internal combustion engines to EVs, which offer increased performance, cutting edge technology, and lower carbon emissions and maintenance requirements. As the number of EVs on the road increases, the public and private sectors are responding by deploying charging stations to meet [...]
Altura has been a member of Project Haystack for 5 years, and this was the third Haystack Connect conference we’ve sponsored and participated in as speakers and panel moderators. The conference is a chance for those of us deeply immersed in the world of open source data to share our efforts and progress as a community. In the past [...]
Altura is extremely proud to be a recipient of American Honda’s Premier Partner Award for the fourth year in a row. Altura was one of 15 award recipients in 2018 – selected from a pool of more than 1,000 eligible suppliers based on excellence in quality, value and customer service. Read the press release from American Honda. [...]
Altura engineers Adam Rohloff and Jim Meacham discuss Connected Commissioning in the February 2016 edition of ASHRAE Journal. The article outlines the process, challenges, and benefits of data-driven commissioning in the context of multiple major renovations of energy-intensive laboratory facilities at Caltech. Read the full article. Posted with permission from ASHRAE.
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