 Energy Management- Operating costs related to heating, cooling, and electricity can be controlled only through the proper management of the overall utility infrastructure and effective energy conservation practices. This includes maintaining proper equipment efficiencies (i.e. proper chilled water return temperatures, overall plant heat balance, equipment loading / unloading sequence, etc.) as well as conducting the appropriate preventive and predictive maintenance. Burns and Roe provides multidisciplined engineering and consultancy services required to support our customers’ energy conservation programs and their related energy management requirements. These services include:
- Facility Energy Assessment Studies
- Demand-Side Management (DSM) Projects
- Building Management System Optimization Studies
- Energy Cost Reduction Programs
- Testing, Adjusting and Balancing
- Measurement and Verification (M&V) Implementation Plans
Energy Conservation- Energy Conservation includes strategic planning related to the optimization of energy use through effective energy management. Burns and Roe’s Energy Conservation Experience includes:
- HVAC Design and Building Retrofit and Rehabilitation
- Energy Management and “Open Systems” Building Management Control Systems
- Energy Conservation Analysis to Support Plant Optimization / Modification Programs
- Energy Audits, Computer Modeling, and Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
- Cogeneration, Central Chilled Water and Thermal Plant Optimization and Modernization
- Renewable/Alternative Energy Projects – feasibility studies and project management
- Control/HVAC System Retro-commissioning
- HVAC Equipment Evaluation
Climate Change Consulting- Greenhouse gases (GHGs) provide an insulating blanket that keeps the Earth’s surface warmer than it would otherwise be, allowing liquid water and life to exist. However, numerous human activities, including fossil fuel combustion, aggressive land-use and agricultural practices, and certain industrial and waste disposal activities have increased emissions of GHGs such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and various synthetic fluorinated compounds. There is a strong causal relationship between the rapidly increasing concentration of GHGs in the atmosphere and rising global temperature. This phenomenon is known as global warming and can have profound consequences.
Burns and Roe provides clients with support in the development of Carbon Reduction Plans (CRP) which provide a road map for sustainability considerations related to CO2 mitigation and carbon neutral planning. The Burns and Roe CRP process consists of identifying and measuring CO2-equivalent emissions and developing an effective plan to reduce, reuse, recycle, and manage energy requirements.
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