Case Studies
Diverse Projects
We have worked on a diverse range of projects that we have translated into case studies to highlight a variety of best practices and approaches to energy management and resiliency planning for future projects.
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Program: NYC Retrofit Accelerator
Project Owner: Wyndham-45, Intercontinental Barclay
Sector: Hospitality
Location: New York
Services offered:
Chiller plant replacement, project scoping and strategy development, lighting replacement and lighting controls.
Project highlights:
As a NYC Retrofit Accelerator Efficiency Advisor, USL assisted Wyndham 45 Hotel and Intercontinental Barclay Hotel to incorporate energy efficiency as part of their operation plan as well as improved their Building Efficiency Letter Grade, verified annual energy consumption, reduction & savings, USL also monitored and verified annual carbon emission budget, reduction & savings etc.
Project Owner: Thorobird Real Estate
Sector: Multi-family Buildings
Location: South Bronx, New York
Project Type:
Green Building Certification – ENERGY STAR certification
Project highlights:
Thorobird Companies engaged USL Technology as the Sustainability and Energy Engineering Consultant for three low-income multifamily high-rise building projects in the South Bronx. In working with the developer, the architect and engineer (mechanical, electrical plumbing) of record, our firm was responsible to have each of the buildings ENERGY STAR certified and Enterprise Green Communities certified as well.
Project Owner: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Sector: Commercial Building
Location: Lebanon, VA
Facility: Data Center- Existing Building
Services offered: Overhead Energy Efficiency (CRAC Units, HVAC, Cooling Tower, Fans, PDUs, Chillers, Motors & VFDs), Retrocommissioning, Energy Audit, Benchmarking, Lighting retrofit
Project highlights:
USL was selected by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at the Lebanon Data Center Facility to complete a benchmarking assessment, lighting retrofitting and an energy audit in the over 100,000 square feet of data center, office, common and parking space area. The project included analyzing retrofit and upgrade possibilities for energy efficiency and energy demand reduction purposes, an airflow management strategy, temperature set-point adjustment, retro commissioning and the decommissioning of a rooftop air conditioning unit that would result in reducing the carbon footprint of the facility, and to provide noteworthy energy savings over incumbent equipment technologies with reasonable payback and ROI.
Project Owner: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Project Name: LED Retrofit – Course Outline
Project highlights:
USL Technology assisted the Climate Corps division, EDF, with designing the course contents of an online training module that was geared to assist facility managers in evaluating and implementing LED retrofits in a commercial setting. USL developed the outline and storyboard that will be used by EDF for training a wider group of participants in Fall 2017 to implement LED Retrofit projects at their facilities across the country.
Project Owner: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / NYC Transit
Sector: Commercial Building
Location: New York
Project Type: LEED v.2009 Certification – New Building Construction
Facility: Data Center of size 60,000 sq ft
Project highlights:
USL put together consultation work to make the facility LEED Gold-certified in 2017.
Project Owner: Dack Consulting Solutions Inc.
Sector: Affordable Housing
Location: South Bronx, New York
Services offered: Water audit and efficiency
Project highlights:
USL completed a Water Audit and Efficiency project with Mount Hope for Dack Consulting Solutions Inc. that included five affordable housing buildings in the South Bronx. The water audit included the water bill analysis over 24 months, sire walkthrough, data analysis, energy and water conservation recommendations and financial modeling/ projections on cost savings. Post implementation oversight was also provided.
Project Owner: Thorobird Real Estate
Energy Modeling software:
The Bentley’s AECOsim Energy Simulator V8i is used for Energy Modeling, which integrates with the U.S. Department Energy’s EnergyPlus simulation engine for the whole building energy simulation to model both energy consumption—for heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, and plug and process loads—and water use in buildings’ environmental conditions, and energy performance. For this project Energy Code Compliance and Energy Modeling were within the scope of work is done in alignment with the Enterprise Green Communities Certification and Energy Star for Multifamily Certification.