Projects – Peer Review

Michael D. Haughey, P.E., CEM, HBDP, LEED AP, Principal:

 

Palmer Ridge High School – Peer Review

Peer review for new high school.  Systems include ground-coupled heat pumps, energy recovery ventilation, and a variety of measures intended to make this school one of the lowest energy use high schools in the State.

Schreiver Data Center troubleshooting

Peer review and analysis of mechanical design and installation during commissioning.  The system included chilled water with ice thermal storage.  Results of analyses included development of remediation design to increase capacity and reliability of a high-criticality facility.

GSA: Araj U.S. Courthouse, Denver, Colorado.

Peer review and commissioning support for new US GSA courthouse facility in Denver, Colorado. Systems included displacement ventilation, high-efficiency lighting/controls, photovoltaics, and district heating and cooling.

U.S. General Services Administration – David Skaggs Research Building , Boulder CO

Peer review and commissioning support for 378,000 square foot office/laboratory building built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado. Systems reviewed included chilled water, hot water heating, AHU/ HVAC, building automation system, variable speed drives, electrical, plumbing, piping, TAB, laboratory systems, and fire protection.

Eaton Elementary School Eaton School District Eaton, Colorado

Peer review, commissioning support, and an energy study of the Ice Thermal Storage system and the chilled water distribution system. The study made recommendations for equipment staging, reset, chilled water pumping, control strategies, and setback schedules.

Windsor High School, Weld County School District RE-4, Windsor, Colorado

Peer review and commissioning support for the remodel and addition to Windsor High School. Review included hot water heating system, boilers, indirect-direct evap cooling, DX cooling, HVAC, H&V, exhaust systems, and control systems.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital: New Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Peer review and commissioning support and design review for the New Prentice Women’s Hospital (NPWH), a 910,000 square foot, 17 story project for the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Women’s Program. Review included energy analysis, life-cycle evaluation, review of Contract Documents for commissionability, energy efficiency, operational efficiency, and maintainability, and system and design quality.

 

Peer review and commissioning support and design review for the new 692,000 sq. ft., three-phase, 23 story, biomedical and chemistry research facility. Review included ability to achieve LEED rating. Review included energy analysis, life-cycle evaluation, review of Contract Documents for commissionability, energy efficiency, operational efficiency, and maintainability, and system and design quality.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Galter-Feinberg Facility, Chicago, Illinois

Engineering commissioning support and systems optimization evaluations for the 2 million square foot high rise medical center located on Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s downtown Chicago campus.

Kansas Army National Guard, Armed Forces Reserve Center, Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas

Peer review and commissioning support and design review for the new hangar facility. Review included review of Contract Documents for commissionability, energy efficiency, operational efficiency, and maintainability, and system and design quality.