Facility Diagnostics Service for a Multi-Family Building

Rooftop Air Handling Unit Equipment

High energy consumption prompted a high-end multifamily building in Washington, D.C. to take measures in response to the city’s BEPS requirements. Baumann Consulting was contracted to provide its Facility Diagnostics service. Analysis of energy consumption data and BMS trends identified heating season natural gas consumption as the primary area of concern. An itemized action plan…

WMATA Headquarters VA & DC

WMATA Headquarters Washington, DC

In the process of consolidating its offices in the DMV area, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is renovating and expanding the building on 300 7th St SW, Washington, D.C., and developing a new office building at 2935 Mill Road in the Eisenhower Avenue area of Alexandria, Virginia. The new headquarters in Washington, D.C. will…

PGCPS P-3 Program Case Study

Prince Georges County Public School Southern K-8 School, MD

Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) is among the 20 largest school districts in the United States and located minutes outside of Washington, D.C. PGCPS has the second oldest school facilities in Maryland and a large percentage of its buildings need replacement or complete renovations. Through the PGCPS Department of Capital Programs, this partnership will…

Watergate West

Watergate West

The 307,722-square-foot Watergate West is located at 2700 Virginia Ave NW, Washington, DC. Watergate West must comply with the District’s current Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS). The Watergate West’s 2019 Energy Star score is 32 (as recorded in the District’s BEPS disclosure database). This means it falls below the minimum allowed Energy Score of 66…

Shoreham West Genossenschaft

Shoreham West Cooperative Apartments Washington, DC

Die Shoreham West Cooperative befindet sich in der Calvert Street NW 2700 in Washington, DC. Die Immobilie besteht aus 58 Wohneinheiten und einer Tiefgarage. Die Immobilie muss dem aktuellen Standard für Gebäudeenergieeffizienz des Distrikts entsprechen. Als Reaktion auf die BEPS-Anforderungen der DC muss die Shoreham West Cooperative die BEPS-1-Vorgaben erfüllen, die eine Senkung des Energieverbrauchs…

Van Ness North Cooperative

Van Ness North Cooperative Apartments in Washington, DC

The Van Ness North Cooperative, Inc. (VNNC), built in 1966, is a 16-story, 496,441 sf multi-family building in Northwest Washington, D.C. with 466 residences. In addition, the building has a three-level, 202,000 sf parking garage, and two swimming pools. In 2020, VNNC was considering the installation of a natural gas-powered co-generation/tri-generation system to meet its…

Barcroft Apartments

Barcroft Apartment Exterior

The Barcroft Apartments are a mixed-use apartment and commercial development on a 60-acre site. The complex consists of 52 two-story and three-story multifamily buildings with a total of about 1,300 units. Additionally, there are approximately ten parking garage structures, two single-story, and one two-story commercial building, and contains six restaurant/retail spaces. The buildings were constructed…

McCormick Project Raven Warehouse CFD Study

3D Sample of ARU Fans

The McCormick Project Raven Warehouse is a 1.8 million sf distribution center located in Baltimore, Maryland. Baumann Consulting performed a CFD study to analyze, verify, and optimize the operation of the Air Rotation Units (ARUs), High Volume Low Speed (HVLS) Fans, and Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) in the western third of the warehouse. The space…

Remarkable Foods

Remarkable Foods

Baumann Consulting provided fundamental and enhanced commissioning and energy modeling services for Remarkable Foods. As part of the commissioning scope, the Baumann team commissioned both new and existing HVAC equipment. An additional assessment was made of the existing HVAC equipment to determine the units that could be reused and any issues with fixing components from…

DCSEU 2022 Save Energy Program – Energy Audit & Analysis

Washington DC city

The District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Efficiency Utility (DCSEU) implemented the Save Energy Program to create a pool of qualified services providers for a broad range of energy efficiency services through an indefinite-quantity contract (IQC).

601 D Street NW – The Office of Attorney General Tenant Fit-Out

601 D Street NW

601 D Street, NW in Washington, D.C. is an existing office building with a gross floor area of approximately 540,000 ft² on 10 floors, plus two additional levels below ground for parking. The building was built in 1974 and renovated in 1997. Tishman Speyer bought the building and is in the process of renovating the…