Services for building owners, industry and the public sector

We deliver the analysis that ESCOs and contractors charge a premium for, without the markup. Savings ranges are typical results from past projects, not guarantees for yours.

Commercial, multifamily, K-12, campus, healthcare and public buildings

Building owners and managers

Compliance, audits and the measures that cut energy, carbon and operating cost, with fees kept inside the rebates.

Miles Hayes walking a rooftop unit with a facilities team

Benchmarking and ENERGY STAR certification

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager setup, data verification and annual submissions for Energize Denver and Building Performance Colorado, plus Boulder and Fort Collins programs. We catch the data errors that put buildings out of compliance, and take eligible buildings through certification.

Building performance compliance

Gap-to-target analysis, target adjustments, alternate compliance options and timeline extensions, with the measure plan that closes your gap for the least money.

  • Energize Denver interim target 2028, final 2032
  • Building Performance Colorado target 2030

ASHRAE Level 1, 2 and 3 energy audits

From a walk-through to an investment grade audit under ASHRAE Standard 211: system inventory, measure-level savings, costs, paybacks, carbon and available rebates. Our Level 2 audits meet Energize Denver's audit requirements.

  • Audit fees never above the estimated rebate
  • Denver rebate: $5,000 to $30,000

Retro-commissioning

Trend analysis, functional testing and controls tuning across air-side, plant and BAS sequences, so the building runs the way it was designed.

  • 10 to 30% typical energy savings
  • Typical payback 0.5 to 2 years

Energy modeling

The right model for the decision: TRM calculations for rebates, bin and 8,760-hour models calibrated to interval data, and OpenStudio and EnergyPlus whole-building simulation.

Electrification and decarbonization planning

Heat pump, heat pump water heater and all-electric conversion feasibility, sequenced against your capital plan and compliance dates.

Rebates, incentives and project development

Xcel Energy and Denver rebates, Section 179D and other federal incentives, packaged and tracked until the money lands with you.

Manufacturing plants, process facilities and large energy users

Industrial facilities

Lean tools and energy engineering for the production floor, including studies that are paid from the value they find.

Miles Hayes in a hard hat at a mechanical plant

Lean, Six Sigma and PFMEA process evaluation

We map the process, rank failure modes and remove waste in energy, materials and time, drawing on years running aerospace production lines.

  • 5 to 25% process and energy savings
  • Typical payback 1 to 3 years

Industrial energy assessments

Compressed air, process heating and cooling, motors and drives, refrigeration and plant controls, with utility custom incentives applied.

Industrial energy tax audits

We assess energy use across your processes and work with your tax professionals to claim the deductions you qualify for. Our fee is a share of the value recovered, so there is nothing to pay upfront.

  • Value can reach the millions for large manufacturers

Cities, counties, utilities and energy programs

Municipalities and utilities

Roadmaps, policy and programs that move whole markets, built by someone who has designed and run them.

City of Golden Energy Code Stakeholder Group workshop

Decarbonization and net zero roadmaps

Community and portfolio plans that sequence codes, benchmarking, building performance standards, incentives and funding, like the City of Golden's Roadmap to Net Zero Buildings.

Building performance policy and stakeholder facilitation

Code and BPS policy support, stakeholder workshops and technical guidance that owners can actually follow.

Utility and municipal program design

Design and evaluation of DSM, demand response, DER, electrification and EUI programs, prescriptive and custom, from the engineer who built Denver's building electrification program.

Grid and distributed energy consulting

Feasibility and program support for solar, storage, thermal energy storage, demand response and grid-interactive buildings.

EV and fleet roadmaps

Fleet and charging plans that fit your electrical capacity and utility rates.

Research for utilities

Technology and market research on heat pumps, HVAC, ventilation, industrial loads and more, drawing on 211 research answers for 48 utilities and efficiency organizations.

Ongoing support, not a sales pitch

From plan to project, through our partner network

Our service is the engineering, the analysis and the rebates. When it's time to build, we stay on your side of the table: we answer questions, review bids and refer you to partners we trust, favoring locally owned small businesses.

We are not a general contractor and we do not provide MEP design, so we never profit from construction or equipment sales.

  • HVAC service companiesVetted contractors to price and install your measures, with competitive bids when you want them.
  • MEP designLicensed engineering partners such as ETHOS for stamped construction documents.
  • FinancingRebate stacking, tax deductions and financing options such as C-PACE, explained in plain terms.
  • Questions along the wayAnswers, second opinions and referrals while your project is built and verified.