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Munson Medical Center Committed to Energy Conservation
Consumers Energy Retro-Commissioniong Facility IQ Program Beginning 2009, Consumers Energy (CE) in Michigan created a pilot program to help customers save energy and dollars in their existing buildings. The pilot program was used to determine the feasibility and cost...
Three GBA Projects Honored by ASHRAE Region VI
ASHRAE Region VI, comprising 11 ASHRAE chapters in the Midwest, has honored three G/BA projects with First Place awards in the 2020 Technology Awards competition. All three projects were previous winners of the ASHRAE Illinois Chapter Excellence in Engineering Award,...
Lower Operating Costs and Improve Operations With Trend Sumo
Trend Sumo™, G/BA's new in-house analytics software, is an HVAC trend data review application tool built to identify faults and energy savings opportunities. By analyzing trend data, engineers can better understand building system performance across a multitude...
GBA Promotes Three at Mid-Year
G/BA's Chicago and Milwaukee regional offices promoted three staff members in July.Christopher Sbarbaro, P.E., CPD, GPD, LEED AP BD+C, was promoted to Project Manager.Nathaniel Powers, P.E., was promoted to Project Manager. Samuel Schmidt, E.I.T, was promoted to...
EPA Ozone Ruling May Require Action by Chicagoland Organizations
Effective Sept. 23, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reclassified Chicago's ozone nonattainment status from "moderate" to "serious." Affected counties and townships in Illinois include Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Aux Sable, Goose Lake, and...
Mission Possible: Shuttered Hospital to COVID Surge Facility in Three Weeks
Grumman/Butkus Associates' engineering team recently played a pivotal role in a once-in-a-lifetime project: Turning the shuttered Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, IL, into a 430-bed COVID-19 surge response facility in less than a month. "It was a job we'll be...