By Laura Morder, PE, LEED Green Associate Local jurisdictions, like the District of Columbia (DC) and Montgomery County, Maryland, require building energy benchmarking requirements as a part of their energy performance programs. If you’re a building owner or operator in DC and are feeling overwhelmed in the face of these new requirements, GHT has prepared the […]
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On April 19, 2022, the Montgomery County Council unanimously passed its Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) legislation, which will help the County meet its climate goals. Montgomery County is one of the first municipalities to pass BEPS legislation, and like its neighbor DC, the focus is on energy-efficiency improvements for existing buildings and expands on […]
By Laura Morder, PE, LEED Green Associate As District building owners embark on BEPS compliance efforts to meet the December 31, 2026 deadline, GHT Limited engineers are seeing an increased demand from the market for Operations and Energy Services. If your building is currently not in compliance with the minimum energy efficiency thresholds for the District’s BEPS program, you may want to consider one of the […]
Leading DC Metro Area MEP Firm Earns Recognition for Sustainable Business Practices and Meghan McAvoy Recognized as Member of the Year Arlington, VA (July 27, 2020) – GHT Limited (GHT), a leading DC metro area mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering consulting firm is pleased to announce the receipt of several awards at the 18th […]
How will BEPS affect building owners? BEPS stands for Washington DC’s Building Energy Performance Standards – and it’s a key component towards achieving the aggressive sustainability goals set forth by the District to become the healthiest, greenest, most livable city for all residents by within a generation. The plan includes the following goals: 50% reduction in […]
Occupancy sensors provide automated lighting control in enclosed offices, open work spaces, and shared amenity spaces; they are typically deployed with automatic on, automatic off, and time delay settings. When an occupant enters a controlled space, the occupancy sensor indexes lights to ‘ON’ without requiring manual operation of a wall switch. When the occupant exits, […]