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Driving future change: California Air Resources Board’s Southern California Headquarters raises the bar for all-electric building design
The all-electric facility advances revolutionary efforts to improve air quality through reduced vehicle emissions.
Stanford University achieves renewable energy milestone
The new solar station brings the university to 100% renewable electricity.
Accelerated project delivery amid a global pandemic
AEI provided mechanical, electrical, and piping/plumbing under an accelerated project schedule to meet ownership goals of being operational in just ten months.
MEP designers engage students in immersive campus tour
East Carolina University provides an interactive tour of their latest building addition.
Project delivery flexibility
Five commonly used project delivery methods.
UW-Madison Vet Med celebrates groundbreaking for new campus updates
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine broke ground on its long-anticipated building expansion.
AEI’s battery testing expertise
AEI’s experience in battery testing allows for both an integrated design solution and a lean team.
Seven common myths about commercial rooftop solar panels
Solar panels can help a company cut their energy costs and technology advances make them more affordable and economical in the long run.
Stanford University: Stanford Energy Systems Innovations
Affiliated Engineers analyzed energy production options, evaluated capital and operating costs, and assessed financial and energy risk through 2050 for Stanford Energy Systems Innovations (SESI).
Technology Applied: Chilled Beams in Hospitals
Chilled beam technology can improve the performance of energy intensive buildings such as hospitals. See video.
Provincial Health Services Authority: BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital, The Teck Acute Care Centre (TACC)
Two significant aspects of the BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital, The Teck Acute Care Centre (TACC) project were the incorporation of sustainable design strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs, and resilience design strategies to mitigate the consequences of mass casualty events.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Europe: Rhine Ordnance Barracks – Medical Center Replacement (ROB-MCR)
The new Rhine Ordnance Barracks-Medical Center Replacement (ROB-MCR) will serve the large military community southwest of Frankfurt, Germany, in a sustainable healing environment that improves patient outcomes
Bayer Crop Science Plant Science Research and Development Facility
Renovation of this 164,300-sq-ft R&D facility combining Bayer Vegetable Seeds and Biologics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Life Sciences Lab
NASA’s Space Life Sciences Lab (SLSL) serves as a primary gateway for research payloads bound for the ISS and supports groundbreaking biological and life sciences flight and ground research
BB&T Bank Primary Data Center
AEI worked with BB&T Bank Primary Data Center to provide an interactive critical operations manual (COM) that integrates into the asset management system
High Point University: Congdon School of Health Sciences and the Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy
The Congdon School of Health Science and the Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy is a 220,000-square-foot health care education facility includes a musculoskeletal lab/classroom, a biomechanics lab, a wet lab, a 370-seat tiered auditorium and more.
Oregon State Hospital Replacement Project – Junction City Campus
High sustainable goals were met using a geothermal heating & cooling system and heat pump chillers to provide all the building heating and cooling needs.
NASA Central Campus Headquarters Replacement Office Building and Data Center
Transition to a multi-user 21st century spaceport.
Village of Plain: Green Technology Training and Enterprise Center (G-TTEC)
The Village of Plain Green Technology Training and Enterprise Center (G-TTEC) achieved LEED Gold certification.
Performance-based approach to protecting a membrane roof aircraft hangar
AEI was retained to provide mechanical, electrical, piping/plumbing (MEP) and fire protection design services for two hangars at Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford, Ill. Three design challenges are highlighted.
Virtual Reality: The Immersive Experience
Virtual reality, a computer technology, is changing the way individuals view the world.
Achievements in Zero Energy
Zero energy, zero carbon at different scales, in different climates.
SAS Institute Inc.: Data Center Commissioning
Failure mode analysis to define thresholds of performance.
National Park Service: Benjamin Franklin Life & Legacy Museum
State-of-the-art systems for the father of American technology.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Campus-wide Energy and Utility History
25-plus years of successful planning and implementation.
The University of Arizona: Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building
The University of Arizona’s Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building (BSPB) fosters collaboration among research scientists, healthcare providers, and private companies.
City of Phoenix Terminal 3 Modernization: Keeping a desert airport terminal open during renovations
This $590 million modernization project included the complete renovation of a high-traffic 1979 terminal into light-filled public space with multiple atria and new great hall, visually integrating with the Sonoran Desert site.
American Family Insurance: The Spark
American Family Insurance’s new social impact hub, the Spark, sets a prime example for corporate responsibility
Allen Institute for Brain Science
The data center heats the labs and offices.
Aduro Biotech: 740 Heinz Tenant Improvement
Life sciences core/shell engineering extends to phased anchor tenant improvements.
National Institutes of Health: Porter Neuroscience Research Center Phase II
World class biomedical neuroscience research facility.
California Air Resources Board: Southern California consolidation project
Most advanced vehicle testing in the world. Largest zero net energy lab building in the USA.
University of Southern California: The Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Architecture/Engineering integration optimized with CFD.
Houston Methodist Hospital: Walter Tower
Inserting a 21-story replacement tower without disrupting the rest of the campus.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
AEI has raised the bar for data centers.
New Belgium Brewing Company: East Coast Brewery & Distribution Commissioning
Commissioning for maximum production.
George Washington University: Milken Institute School of Public Health
Engineered for health.
How is the industry going to cool the 400W chip?
Unlocking the power of cooling in data center retrofits and new builds
World-class biomedical neuroscience research facility
The Porter Neuroscience Research Center co-locates researchers from nine NIH Institutes in an innovative setting, launching an initiative to increase the pace of discovery in all areas of neuroscience in a sustained effort to understand the human brain.
First active chilled beams in acute care patient rooms
With a 60-year history of excellence in patient care, Cone Health naturally prioritized occupant safety and comfort while reducing energy costs for its new 240,644 square foot North Tower.
Carbon footprint reduced by 68%, potable water use by over 125 million gallons/year
Designed for a peak load of 28,000 tons of cooling and 350 mmbtu/hr heating, the new systems replace a fossil fuel CHP plant with electric drive heat recovery chillers.
A Final Peek at the ECU Student Union
Take a look at the beautiful student union and its wonderful views.
Campus Energy 2019: Presentations
Learn about the presentations from Campus Energy 2019.