Round Up the Right Data, Not the Usual Suspects
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 [...]
Jim Meacham to speak at Caltech Energy Forum
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 [...]
Altura Client MGM Resorts Receives Prestigious Energy Efficiency Award
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. [...]
Where is your building’s “low hanging fruit” for energy efficiency?
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 [...]
TODAY’S CHALLENGE: How can your organization finance energy efficiency projects?
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 [...]
Architects And Engineers, And The Long-Term High Performance Of Buildings
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 [...]
Avoiding The Energy Management Software Trap: Leverage Your Human Capital
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 [...]
Would you invest $1 to get $3 back in less than a year? We thought so.
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 [...]
