On December 4, 2018, Elara Engineering received two 2018 Illinois Chapter ASHRAE Excellence in Engineering Awards.
The first award recognizes Elara’s sustainable design of energy efficient mechanical systems and infrastructure at the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling, Illinois while the second recognizes our team’s innovative design that improved energy efficiency at Loyola University Chicago’s (LUC) Quinlan Life Sciences Building; a continuously operated, energy intensive laboratory building.
Indian Trails Public Library
- Renovated building with new addition uses approximately 40-50% less energy than typical library building.
- New energy efficient mechanical systems and infrastructure incorporate a geothermal heating and cooling system that utilizes water source heat pumps.
- $100,000 EBSCO grant awarded for solar array installation costs – selected from 90 grant submissions from 15 countries.
- Additional details about this project can be found here.
LUC Quinlan Life Sciences Building
- Practical design that generates approximately $62,000 in annual energy cost savings with a quick ROI.
- Design integrated two heat recovery systems to enable year-round heat energy recovery and eliminated heat rejection equipment to reduce implementation costs.
- Reduced load of campus’ central chilled water plant to provide additional capacity for future buildings.
- Additional details about this project can be found here.
Elara congratulates its dedicated and talented project teams on their achievement and recognition by their peers in the Illinois ASHRAE Chapter.
