It’s a situation we come across all the time: 1) Altura is brought in to provide retro-commissioning (RCx) or an audit for a building/portfolio, 2) we uncover a host of energy efficiency measures – some low cost/no cost, some requiring moderate to large capital expenditures, 3) we tackle the low hanging fruit (low cost/no cost measures), 4) we find [...]
As the founders of a firm focused on energy and environmental performance, we are constantly examining different aspects of our industry, working to understand what drives change, and striving towards better long-term building performance. Among the topics we’ve discussed recently are: the role of technology, the importance of people (occupants and operators) in buildings, and how the design & [...]
At a recent visit to the expo at a commercial real estate conference, I noticed what seems to be a growing trend: an amazing number of firms, big and small, promoting an ever-growing number of energy management-related software programs. And while there are certainly many variations, the pitch always seems to be about the same: let us connect to [...]
To all building owners and property managers out there: while a 3:1 return on investment might sound too good to be true, that is exactly the proposition you could be faced with when considering implementing an energy efficiency program for your facility. Pursuing a program to evaluate and tune-up your building’s energy-consuming systems can yield a surprisingly high return [...]
Haystack Connect Altura is proud to announce our sponsorship of the Haystack Connect 2015 conference. The event is the annual conference for Project Haystack (www.projecthaystack.org), an open source initiative to streamline working with data from the Internet of Things (IoT). The conference is a gathering of automation and IoT professionals to learn and share the latest techniques for connecting systems [...]
Recent talk about Big Data and Smart Buildings has me reflecting on how sustainable development and green building principles have evolved over the past 20 years, and I’ve become increasingly concerned that sustainability professionals will pay too little attention to lessons learned from past mistakes as we dive deeper into a growing sea of data on energy use and [...]
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