Energy & Water Efficiency

The causes of heating and cooling problems are varied, from a simple lack of controls to more deep-seated system imbalances. Either way, they can cause owners and managers to experience unnecessarily high utility costs, sometimes with unexpected and unwelcome spikes.

Bright Power employs innovative yet proven technologies like heat pumps to provide premium comfort for tenants while controlling utility costs.

In New York City, many buildings heated by steam often have wide temperature variations—some rooms feel as hot as saunas while, at the same time, others are freezing cold. The usual result, aside from annoyed tenants, is excessive energy spending. Not only is the entire building overheated to improve comfort in the cold areas, but tenants in hot areas routinely open their windows to compensate.

Bright Power’s steam balancing services correct this problem by recalibrating the system to distribute heat properly, normalizing consumption, reducing energy costs, and improving comfort across all areas of the building.

A building’s envelope—its facade, roof, and windows—can make or break its energy efficiency. The envelope controls the indoor climate while also helping the building resist water leaks. Many of our rehabilitation projects include facade work to ensure all maximize the effectiveness of improvements to building systems.

Bright Power’s experts often find that buildings consume an excessive amount of energy as a result of poorly controlled and operated systems. More often than not, this is the product of a broken or overridden control that allows a system to heat or cool constantly without regard for the building’s occupancy.

Improving system controls not only allows owners and operators to cut costs that stem from wasted energy, but it also provides remote access to operating schedules and performance data.

In the vast majority of buildings, energy- and water-related systems are intricately intertwined and are impossible to effectively manage in silos. Bright Power’s energy audits all include a thorough assessment of the building’s water consumption and waste, an important area to highlight as the price of water continues to rise and governments are increasingly setting related performance standards.

Similar to energy efficiency, Bright Power implements a wide range of solutions that correct the deficiencies causing excessive water usage, from simply installing low-flow fixtures to finding and repairing hidden leaks throughout a building.