Altanova works with...

Corporate and individual owners, developers, tenants, property and facility managers, architects, MEP engineers, and other real estate professionals responsible for building and infrastructure design, performance or energy costs.

You can download our Sustainable Construction & Real Estate brochure (PDF).

Whatever if you are involved in one existing facility waiting for renovation, a portfolio of commercial buildings or a new construction project, look at our service description to understand how Altanova can help you benefit from a sustainable approach at any step of the life of your building. Green, sustainable real estate presents many advantages, including:

1. Water and Energy Savings
You will see drastic reductions in your operation costs that are going to quickly recoup the money you invested and you will continue to see the huge long term savings. Now you can use that money for other things besides your utility bills.

2. Increased Property Values
Since energy costs are at an all time high, the low cost of operating and the easy maintenance of the green building will make for much lower vacancy rates along with much higher property values.

3. Improved Employee Attendance
The green buildings have control of temperature and ventilation along with increased natural lighting. This attributes to a much improved employee attendance and health. It has been found that the improvements to your indoor environment lowers your health care costs along with your work losses.

4. Increased Employee Productivity
Your employee productivity will be much greater because of the positive indoor environmental conditions. They will be sick much less often and will have a better over sense of well-being.

5. Sales Improvements
Studies have shown that there are better sales in building with more natural light and you will find that many retailers are more and more now using day lighting as an effort to bring in the huge sales benefits.

We provide tailored services for a range of markets:

Commercial - including Data Centers

Commercial tenants today are more demanding on several fronts. They increasingly have their own environmental goals and seek to partner with building management to achieve them. Tenants are also more selective about finding energy efficiency buildings. Building owners and managers can turn this growing trend into a competitive advantage to satisfy existing tenants, attract new ones, and increase overall building value. Altanova helps building owners achieve an edge on building energy performance, and assists with Energy Star rating and LEED certification.

Multifamily

The largest single operating expense in many apartment buildings is the energy cost. Operating costs are an important factor in building value, and therefore deserve special attention from appraisers, lenders, building owners and managers. Carefully planned investments in energy efficiency can significantly improve the value of a building. Altanova audits and analyses performance to determine the most cost-effective measures to improve efficiency and increase value.

Healthcare

Healthcare providers face numerous challenges to patient well being, so HVAC system performance is critical. Multiple environment types within a single facility, such as waiting, soiled laundry, and operating rooms, in addition to intensive and neonatal care, require a delicate system balance to protect visitors, patients and staff from areas that contain biological and chemical contaminants. Healthcare facilities must also operate 24 hours a day, making system downtime impossible and driving high energy costs - typically 10x more than . Altanova can diagnose HVAC systems to ensure that air quality is not an issue in patient care and that energy costs are minimized.

Industrial

Industrial facilities have specific requirements and generally high energy intensity, requesting a more technical approach of the HVAC and other supporting systems providing heating, cooling, pumping, drying and ventilation as well as power for manufacturing, storage, etc. typical of these type of facility. Altanova approach, based on advanced process engineering and building science combined with the art of modeling/simulation apply perfectly to this very challenging type of projects. On the other hand, the high energy use characterizing industrial facilities increases the potential for large savings and short Return On Investments.

Government

Public building energy use and indoor air quality (IAQ) are receiving greater attention now than ever before. Escalating opreating costs and employee awareness of environmental quality require increased HVAC system efficiency. Newer buildings utilize more complex and sophisticated systems and controls to meet this demand. Altanova is a leader in identifying opportunities to enhance existing buildings and ensure that new building systems work as designed before occupants move in. We can test HVAC systems to ensure code requirements are met, and resolve issues and deliver greater energy efficiency.

Altanova also assists Federal agencies with the planning and implementation of facility performance programs that promote the advancement of each organization's mission, cost-saving energy practices, and compliance with Executive Order 13514.

Research & Higher Education

A college campus presents a unique HVAC challenge with its broad mix of building types and functions. Universities include areas for research, administrative, athletics, student housing, and classrooms, without to neglect continuously growing IT loads. While each building type has its own specific HVAC and utility needs, campuses are typically supported by centralized plants and distribution systems. Altanova coordinates the whole, ensuring that diverse building systems work as intended, both separately and together. We also train building maintenance staff to ensure systems continue to run properly.

K-12 Schools

New schools are being built to meet stringent energy and indoor air quality (IAQ) standards. School administrators are also faced with increased energy and maintenance costs, as well as tighter budgets. It is imperative that they and their boards consider commissioning to help to optimize building systems and ensure that these systems continue to work as designed. Altanova offers unbiased expertise, to determine the root cause(s) of a problem and keep building system problems out of the classroom.

Training

International Green Building Rating Systems (Altanova is an official USGBC Education Provider, and this course is approved and included in the official catalogue of courses accepted for credit towards the LEED Professional Credentialing Maintenance Program at GreenBuild365.)

LEED 2009 Building Design and Construction