Building Recommissioning: Reduce Energy Use & Improve Comfort
Building recommissioning (RCx) is a quick and inexpensive way of reducing energy consumption by 5-15%Typical measure payback period under 3 yearsRCx uses diagnostic monitoring & testing to identify system inefficienciesBC Hydro & FortisBC offer Continuous Optimization incentive fundingWhat is Recommissioning
City of Vancouver Adopts Bold Decarbonization Strategy
Big move #4, “all new and replacement heating and hot water systems will be zero-emission by 2025” was approved by council in April 2020Transition to zero-carbon heating systems beginning April 2022 (Part 9 buildings, including low rise MURB)See below for
Sunset Towers: How Recommissioning Leads to Large Energy Savings
Is it possible to achieve large energy savings with minimum capital investment, by using existing equipment to its full potential?In 2018, Impact Engineering was engaged by More Than a Roof Housing Society, to study its Sunset Towers facility, and to understand the potential
The Increasing Impact of Passive House
Passive House now has a firm hold in the city of Vancouver with over 3,000,000 square feet of passive house projects in the review, permitting or occupied stages as of August 2019.It’s only a matter of time before the industry standard
Feature Story: Natural Refrigerants & Climate Change
While recently attending the AHR Expo in Orlando, the Impact Engineering team learned firsthand how the HVAC industry is beginning to tackle the environmental cost of refrigerants, particularly relating to global warming. In this months Journal, we explore how the
HiH Energy Becomes Impact Engineering
Together with you, we've always focused on making an impact. That's why we're delighted that you're among the first to know that positive change has come to our firm, formerly knowns as HiH Energy.Our new name and fresh look
Feature Story: Blower Door Testing – Measuring the impact of air infiltration
Recent investigative testing performed by HiH at several buildings demonstrated that up to 50% of building heating requirement was as a result of undesired building air leakage. The studied buildings had an average of 10 air changes per hour (ACH).The
A Life-Changing Journey
In this month’s journal post, we wanted to provide the opportunity for you to hear directly from Dilara Omur, Project Coordinator at HiH, to demonstrate the incredible journey of a Turkish Geological Engineering graduate who ended up on the other
Climate Resiliency
If Carbon emissions were reduced to zero today, mean global temperatures will continue to increase due to the Carbon emissions that have already released.[1] This creates challenges for Engineers when designing buildings and infrastructure that must meet the needs for