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The Master Systems Integrator: Orchestrating the Symphony of Smart Buildings

2025-11-28T13:52:14+00:00Categories: Master Systems Integration|Tags: , , |

If you are at all connected to the smart buildings ecosystem, you have no doubt heard more and more about the concept of the Master Systems Integrator (MSI). I’ll put my qualms with “master” being in this title to the side for the moment so we can dive deeper into what a MSI is and why you should care. [...]

Using Data to Increase Velocity as the World Slows Down

2025-11-28T13:51:51+00:00Categories: Analytics, News and Information|

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 [...]

Altura’s Work at Caltech Featured in ASHRAE Journal

2025-11-28T13:55:02+00:00Categories: News and Information|

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.

Don’t Go It Alone When Retrofitting

2025-10-31T00:35:44+00:00Categories: Energy Efficiency|

by Jim Meacham, PE, Principal, Altura Associates Today, building owners embarking on an energy upgrade have more data and more choice than ever before. Digital data from power meters, HVAC systems, lighting systems, and other building equipment are waiting to be tapped. And there are additional data streams available from the growing number of sensors and cameras that now [...]

TODAY’S CHALLENGE: How can your organization finance energy efficiency projects?

2025-10-31T00:48:46+00:00Categories: Energy Efficiency|

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 [...]

Avoiding The Energy Management Software Trap: Leverage Your Human Capital

2025-10-31T00:35:53+00:00Categories: Energy Efficiency|

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 [...]

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