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

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...

David Cohen Honored by BCxA as a 20 Under 40 Recipient

David Cohen, P.E., CCP, DCEP, is among the Building Commissioning Association's inaugural class of 20 Under 40 Award recipients. The BCxA created the program "to highlight and honor the next generation of building professionals." Applicants were evaluated on...

Is One of These Quietly Wasting $12,000/Year in Your Data Center?

Thanks to industry leaders and groups like ASHRAE, best practice in data center HVAC has come a long way. Unfortunately, many older data centers and telecom facilities are cooled with constant-speed computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units with simple controls.The...

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,...

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