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3-D BIM sampleIn the past, paying higher design fees didn’t guarantee high performance. It just ensured a more complex design which meant higher construction costs, more complexity and higher maintenance and operating costs.   But not any more!

After decades of “fixing” new buildings to make them more efficient, we finally realized it was our responsibility to design sustainable, high performance, buildings ourselves.  Our approach is simple – do more with less.  We replace mechanical and electrical systems with passive systems that inherently work.  Who better to do this than the MEPs with proven experience at high performance design and operations? 

PE Consulting provides creative, state-of-the-art design and modeling services for architects, owners and contractors. What sets us apart from others is our practical experience with buildings after they are built. With international design awards for sustainable energy efficient retrofits, it's no wonder architects turn to us to design their new buildings and owners have turned to us for decades to design and manage their retrofits. Our depth of experience and holistic approach to intelligent sustainable design yields more LEED points than others at a lower total cost of ownership.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Not only do our designs have significantly lower energy and operating costs, we also boast some of the lowest capital costs in the market.  Why?  We do so much more with less and we leverage various grants, rebates and incentive programs that often make our designs significantly less than the cookie cutter, code-compliant designs from our competitors.

Our M.E.P. design specialties include:

  • USGBC MemberMechanical, Electrical and Plumbing design
  • 3-D Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  • Passive and active HVAC system modeling and design
  • Passive and active lighting modeling and design
  • Solar PV and Thermal modeling and design
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Building automation & controls integration
  • CHPS MemberCentral Plant modeling and design
  • Energy modeling, permitting and certifications
  • System optimization and financial modeling
  • California Title 24 building energy code
 

Featured Project

The city had an old wastewater treatment plant that needed upgrading and a new purpose. A 1950's waste water primary digester building is being transformed into an environmental interpretive and

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Newsflash

Metropolitan Water District has pre-qualified PE Consulting to provide engineering services for MWD or any of its customer agencies throughout Southern California.

Testimonials

"Your management of the Load Curtailment (Demand Response) Program achieved phenomenal results and was a tremendous help to avoid blackouts for thousands of customers in our area (and the state). Above all, you treated our customers like gold working seamlessly as part of our team." 

Don Pappe, Director, Pasadena Water & Power

Clean Water

With populations booming and constantly on the move, the demand for water when and where we need it is becoming one of the most important issues of our time. To solve that challenge, PE Consulting designs green buildings that actually use water more efficiently and recycle it on site. By doing so, we can reduce and eliminate the need for massive, unsustainable infrastructure.

Green Buildings

PE Consulting provides "green" engineering solutions for the built environment and new construction. Our LEED certified buildings outperform our peers because we offer a unique bundling of energy, water and resource management solutions that no one else can. With hundreds of energy efficient and environmentally sustainable designs and retrofits in our portfolio, we are uniquely qualified to modernize and certify your buildings.

Clean Energy

Shifting our reliance from fossil fuels is critical to our long term survival on this planet. Luckily, clean energy can be integrated into our buildings and facilities without disturbing pristine open space. PE Consulting develops clean and renewable energy solutions integrated into buildings and urban landfills.