Before you make changes to an existing facility, one should first assess what you have – to make sure it suits all your functional needs (function is always considered first), as well as your energy needs (reducing energy is considered after function). Once you understand present conditions, you can perform computer modeling to estimate savings from various energy reduction strategies, design the appropriate changes, followed finally by proper installation and implementation of the reduced energy building systems.
Loureiro has strong experience in this whole chain – from assessment, to modeling, to design, to implementation. Here are but some of the areas we have worked from start to finish:
Here is but a partial listing of software we use as we model municipal, industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities: