A ground up construction of a single family home in Brooklyn.

Altera Engineering was retained as a project’s MEP engineer in part because the building’s complex interior geometry required a thoughtful approach that most small MEP firms lack.

Altera Engineering consulted the owner on high performance building strategies, such as passive heating and cooling, insulation and envelope air-tightness, intelligent lighting controls, highly efficient domestic water heating and continuous ventilation with energy recovery. With the exception of domestic water heating, the building does not use natural gas or any other fuel for heating, and is cooled and heated with a variable-refrigerant flow system. Highly insulated envelope, and fuel free heating are expected to save 15 metric tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions on an annual basis.

Altera Engineering efficiently and successfully secured utility connection approvals and assisted the client in resolving filing and approval issues.