Project Description:  HVAC System Evaluation

Client:  Real Estate Capital Partners
            360 Post Street, San Francisco, California

Facts:

• Size: 65,000 square feet
• Estimated Budget: $8 million
• Contractor: Southland, Skyline
• Services Provided: Mechanical Engineering; Evaluation & Design; Preliminary Pricing Documents; Utility Incentive Evalulations; Contractor Selection.

Features:

• New Chillers in the Basement
• New VAV boxes for the 3rd through 11th floors
• New motors & VFD's for the Supply & Return Air Fans
• New Chilled Water and Heating Water Pumps with VFD's
• New Condenser Water Pumps
• Replacement of the chilled and hot water plant
• State-of-the-art control sequencing

The central Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system is now 33 years old. Tiffany & Co. is currently renovating floors 1 and 2 and providing a new HVAC air distribution system, but the system serving floors 3 through 11 is still original. The occupants of the building have complained of poor temperature control and other comfort related issues. Williams Notaro was retained to evaluate the overall condition of the existing HVAC equipment and the system operation and to provide a recommendation to improve the indoor comfort, system reliability, and energy efficiency.