Let’s Talk About Your Deferred Maintenance Backlog (And How to Actually Pay for It).

2026-04-01T04:27:27+00:00Categories: Analytics, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Programs, Sustainability|Tags: , , , , , |

Facing a mountain of deferred maintenance backlog and don’t know where to start? We’ve got you covered. Across the U.S., building operators are facing a challenging combination of aging infrastructure, rising utility costs, shrinking capital budgets, and corporate environmental goals. Drowning in deferred maintenance (DM) backlogs, too often they are trapped in a reactive cycle, focusing on fixing equipment [...]

Haystack Connect 2025: Takeaways on AI, Ontologies & the Future of Building Intelligence

2025-11-28T13:49:08+00:00Categories: Analytics, Corporate Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Energy Efficiency|Tags: , , , |

If AI was the buzzword of 2024, then 2025 is proving to be the year that the building automation and smart systems community began to move from hype to application. This year’s Haystack Connect conference confirmed a clear shift: from conceptual digital twin aspirations toward the tangible promise of automated tagging, ontology integration, and the real use of AI [...]

Practical Decarbonization: UC Irvine’s Three-Decade Journey to a Smarter, Greener Campus

2025-11-28T13:49:13+00:00Categories: Analytics, Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Master Systems Integration, Sustainability|Tags: , , , |

Overview At the 2025 IDEA Campus Energy Conference in Boston, we joined leaders from across the campus energy spectrum, taking to the stage with our long-time client UC Irvine (UCI), and our professional partners Black & Veatch, to share an in-depth look at UCI’s long-term, practical approach to decarbonization. Our presentation—“Practical Decarbonization: UC Irvine’s Three-Decade Journey”—offered a rare, honest [...]

What We Learned at SkyPosium 2024: Building Analytics & Ontologies for Better Performance

2025-11-28T13:49:20+00:00Categories: Analytics, Corporate Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Energy Efficiency|Tags: , , , |

At SkyPosium 2024, Altura’s Data Scientist, Dr. Shadi Tabasi, and I explored key developments and challenges shaping the future of building analytics. From improving data consistency to deploying cutting-edge tools, the event showcased how advancements in data frameworks and analytics platforms like SkySpark are helping building operators manage complex systems more efficiently. Here’s a brief summary of our takeaways: 1. [...]

Driving Decarbonization with Life-Cycle Assessment: Insights from Altura’s Webinar on Cerclos’ eTool (Video)

2025-11-28T13:49:26+00:00Categories: Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, News and Information, Sustainability|

As the building industry increasingly focuses on sustainability, the importance of decarbonization in the design and construction process has become paramount. In our recent webinar with Cerclos, we offered an in-depth exploration of how to effectively approach decarbonization for large campus building projects. We share insights not only addressing the technicalities of carbon reduction, but also how to [...]

Strategies for Making Existing Buildings More Energy Efficient (Video)

2025-11-28T13:52:42+00:00Categories: Analytics, Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Master Systems Integration, News and Information, Performance Delivery, Sustainability|

Maximizing existing building energy performance with real-time data Fresh off an incredible experience at #Verge2023, one of Altura's principals and environmental programs leader, Ryan Gaylord, engaged in a captivating conversation with our friend James Darius Ball at GreenBiz. They explored the current state of affairs in sustainable energy tactics and how Altura continues to approach decarbonization harnessing real-time data [...]

The Benefits of Implementing a Strategic Roadmap for Long-Term Decarbonization: PART 2

2025-11-28T13:49:37+00:00Categories: Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability|Tags: , , , , |

This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. Check out Part 1 here. Now that we have discussed the nuts and bolts of structuring a program-wide decarbonization roadmap at the enterprise level, it's time to talk about the good stuff: the benefits! So, how can these steps create real-world benefits for an organization? Let's explore the benefits of implementing [...]

The Benefits of Implementing a Strategic Roadmap for Long-Term Decarbonization: PART 1

2025-11-28T13:49:44+00:00Categories: Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability|Tags: , , , , |

In the global effort to tackle climate change, companies in every industry are setting ambitious goals to slash or eliminate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next few decades. But even the everyday decisions being made now, like swapping out an old building HVAC system with similar like-for-like equipment, can throw a wrench into a company's plans to [...]

Community Scale Energy Model for Disadvantaged Community

2026-03-27T23:05:22+00:00Categories: Energy Efficiency, Sustainability|

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 [...]

Altura client recognized for Smart Energy Analytics (SEA) Campaign

2025-11-28T13:51:38+00:00Categories: Analytics, Corporate Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, News and Information|

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 [...]

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