MEP Engineering Blog

Improve the Health and Performance of Your Facility with These Steps

The first step in cutting energy bills, operating costs, improving comfort and optimizing efficiency in your building may be to have qualified professional engineers perform an in-depth energy assessment of your building.

This assessment will help you in determining the overall health and performance of your building and where needed, provide suggestions for means of improvement.

Topics: LEED, Energy Assessment, Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, Cost-Effective Solutions, MEP Engineering, Energy Management System Design, Architectural Lighting, Energy Modeling

Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Engineering for Water Conservation

Facilities such as schools, hotels, retail stores, office buildings, and hospitals represent roughly 17% of publicly supplied water use.

Topics: Plumbing, LEED

MEP Engineering and Architectural Lighting Services for a Full-Service Replacement Hospital on a Small Footprint

Peter Basso Associates provided MEP engineering design services and architectural lighting design services for the Sparrow Ionia Replacement Hospital which recently achieved LEED Certification from the USGBC. 

Topics: Healthcare, Health Care, LEED, Stand-Alone Medical Facilities, Hospital, MEP Engineering, Architectural Lighting

Why MEP Engineering and Architectural Design Coordination Go Hand-in-Hand

This week, PBA and other MEP engineering firms from around the country, join their architectural partners, in celebrating national Architect's Week. According to www.aia.org, National Architecture Week, April 7─13, is a time to showcase the talented architects who’ve made positive contributions to our communities and society in general. PBA is celebrating by looking at the many ways architectural design and MEP engineering design work hand-in-hand, in excellence in project design and coordination, and in building and sustaining successful client relationships.

Topics: Sports, LEED, MEP, Higher Ed, Architectural Coordination, Athletic Facilities

MEP engineering consulting services can help your bottom line

Whether you’re an architect, contractor, or building owner, working with MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) consulting engineers can assure that your construction or renovation project will optimize your building’s performance and minimize its operating costs.

Topics: Energy, Plumbing, HVAC, LEED, MEP, BAS, MEP Design Company

PBA MEP Engineers Honored with Chapter / Regional ASHRAE Awards

ASHRAE has awarded PBA and Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) with both Chapter and Regional Technology Awards. SVSU places a strong emphasis on being one of the most energy efficient universities in the State of Michigan. In 2013, SVSU reported that of the State’s 15 public universities that submitted energy data that year, SVSU had the lowest utility cost per square foot.

Topics: Education, Sports, LEED, MEP, Award, ASHRAE, Higher Ed

Major Expansion Highlighted by MEP Engineering Services and Architectural Lighting Design

The 63,000 GSF Crisler Center renovation project at The University of Michigan was awared LEED Gold for its extensive energy efficient features, including MEP engineering and architectural lighting design services. 

Topics: Lighting, Education, Sports, LEED, MEP, Higher Ed

6 principles of sustainable building design

Sustainable design. Green building. Eco architecture.

Whatever name you want to call it, sustainable design is a growing trend in the building industry.

Topics: Commissioning, Energy, LEED

Features Green Design MEP Engineering and Architectural Lighting

Ferris State University was interested in significantly upgrading it’s existing student center into an energy efficient, iconic architectural showpiece that would serve as a gathering space for students by providing comfortable places to meet, relax, study and socialize.

Topics: Lighting, Recent News, Education, LEED, MEP, University

Topics: Lighting, Recent News, Electrical, Commissioning, Mechanical, LEED