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ASHRAE Wisconsin Honors Aurora Lakeland Project

ASHRAE Wisconsin Honors Aurora Lakeland Project

Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn, WI, is the site of a GBA boiler plant upgrade recently honored for excellence by ASHRAE Wisconsin. The steam power plant is remote from the hospital proper and serves steam for humidification, heating, and sterilization. It had...

IL PACE Financing Expands, Promoting “Green” Improvements

IL PACE Financing Expands, Promoting “Green” Improvements

PACE provides low-cost financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.The Cook County Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) Program was launched in February, providing new funding for a variety of commercial building improvements. It joined...

ASHRAE Illinois Honors Three GBA Projects

ASHRAE Illinois Honors Three GBA Projects

Three G/BA projects, including two lab facilities and a hospital, have been recognized by ASHRAE's Illinois Chapter with 2020 Excellence in Engineering Awards. University of Chicago Gordon Center for Integrative Science The University of Chicago's Gordon Center for...

GBA Announces December Promotions

GBA Announces December Promotions

Three team members in Grumman/Butkus Associates' Evanston, IL, office were promoted to new positions at the firm's recent semi-annual meeting.Andrew Milleville, P.E., and Alexander Schultz, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, were promoted to Project Manager.Justin D'Arcy, P.E., was...

AIA Chicago Honors Rehabilitation Facility

AIA Chicago Honors Rehabilitation Facility

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Pediatric & DayRehab Center in Glenview, IL, has received an Honor Award for Interior Architecture in the 2020 Design Excellence competition, sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.G/BA was the MEP and...

GBA Project Wins RCx Cup for Highest Savings

GBA Project Wins RCx Cup for Highest Savings

A retro-commissioning (RCx) project performed by G/BA at Motorola Solutions in Schaumburg, IL, has garnered an RcX Cup Award for the 2020 project year. The award recognizes the year's highest single-project RCx energy savings in the Retro-Commissioning Express...