Altura client MGM Resorts International has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy's Smart Energy Analytics (SEA) Campaign for their success using Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) [...]
How Caltech Transformed into an Integrated Facilities Management Organization Caltech recently presented at the Higher Ed Facilities Forum about how they are using data-driven decision making to transform [...]
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 [...]
Blaming all comfort complaints on HVAC can lead to wrong actions, a broken automation framework and ever more complaining and energy waste. A better approach is to open [...]
Altura Principal Jim Meacham is speaking at the 4th Annual Caltech Energy Forum, being held on October 30th, 2014 in Pasadena, CA. He is participating in a session [...]
Each year, the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) honors a select few recipients with their prestigious Star of Energy Efficiency Awards at an annual event in Washington, DC. [...]
Most folks don’t realize just how easy (and lucrative) energy efficiency improvements in an existing building may be, even for buildings that have undergone audits or retrofits in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
