Energy Modeling
RobsonWoese can help owners and design teams optimize their buildings energy performance by creating a computer energy simulation model of the building design and evaluating potential energy saving measures to optimize building performance.
RobsonWoese can produce simple or detailed energy models to help analyze building siting, envelop options, and mechanical/electrical systems. At the early stages of design, this information is invaluable in making decisions that will impact the energy usage of a building over its lifespan. Once decisions are made, RW creates an in-depth whole building energy model providing the owner with detailed energy operating usage and cost information. RW has provided modeling to assist teams with integrated design decision information, for NYSERDA Energy Technical Assistance studies and for LEED projects. LEED modeling is performed to document LEED EA 1.0 Optimize Energy Credits and for PR 2.0 Minimum Energy Performance. DOE-2 based eQuest modeling software is typically used for these tasks.
Case Study
Adaptive Reuse Project - Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs)
Avant Office Building
Buffalo, NY
An adaptive reuse project by UniQuest, Inc. consists of renovating a 15-story, 400,000 sq. ft. high rise building into a mixed use occupancy of offices, hotel and residential units. The RobsonWoese analysis approach used for this study was based on determining an optimized design that incorporated cost effective Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs) when compared to a design of a baseline building that meets Energy Conservation and Construction Code of New York (ECCCNY) minimum requirements. The project is seeking the maximum NYSERDA incentive of $530,000.