NU Francis Searle Building

ADDRESS: Northwestern University, Frances Searle Building, Evanston, IL, USA

BUILDING TYPE: Higher Education, Laboratory

TEAM / TEAM LEAD:

TEAM / TEAM LEAD: Don McLauchlan, Matt Swanson, Chad Von Holten

ELARA ROLE: ME + Controls Engineer

Project Highlights & Results

As part of a 10-building energy audit, Elara identified $733,500 in annual energy savings opportunities for this building, including a reduction of annual electricity consumption by 51% and a reduction of annual steam consumption by 48%, actual savings exceeded this projection
Implementation of selected recommendation retrofitted approximately 400 constant
air volume boxes to variable air volume boxes

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