Multifamily

CEE provides technical services for both existing multifamily buildings and multifamily buildings under contruction. Our evaluations address all aspects of multifamily buildings including heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems; envelope issues; indoor air-quality; mold and moisture. These services focus on providing owners of multifamily buildings with objective third-party information on costs, savings, reliability, and other application considerations for various improvements.

CEE is particularly skilled in addressing “problem buildings” for which solutions have been elusive. CEE does not sell products. Rather CEE focuses on providing the most objective information available that is consistent with the unique characteristics of each building to ultimately find the best solution for your problem. For more information contact Mark Opdahl at (612) 335-5887.

Existing Buildings

CEE provides the following services for existing buildings. Click here for a sample report.

• Utility bill analysis
• Facility assessments
• Bid guidelines
• Project management
• Equipment retrofits
• Recommissioning

New Construction

CEE offers a Multifamily Design Assistance Program for new construction. Funded by CenterPoint Energy, the program is an effort to ensure proper design and construction of multifamily buildings to capture energy savings, improve building performance and increase tenant comfort for the life of the building. The Multifamily Design Assistance Program uses an integrated systems approach to the buildings, equipment, staff and utilities, thereby capturing the total energy cost impacts of various measures. Click here for a sample report.

Case Studies, Fact Sheets and Report

CEE’s nationally recognized multifamily research has included projects to address tobacco smoke transfer among units, assess the performance of boilers, boiler system design issues, service hot water heating efficiency options, energy savings from integral flue dampers, and energy savings of thermal vent dampers on water heaters in multifamily buildings. CEE has also conducted several projects related to energy cost allocation in centrally heated multifamily buildings, including analysis of energy savings and equity concerns.

Fact Sheets

The Center for Energy and Environment has developed a series of fact sheets covering the operation and maintenance of heating systems and related topics specific to multifamily buildings.

Report

Market Characterization Study of Minnesota Multifamily New Construction Practices and Building Improvement Opportunities

Contact Mark Opdahl at (612) 335-5887 for more information.