Colleges and Universities

Improving building performance in one building or across an entire campus keeps occupants comfortable and operating costs down. QuEST helps colleges and universities significantly improve their bottom line - important in any economic climate, but critical in the face of widespread budget cuts.

QuEST’s solutions are highly flexible, and benefit a range of buildings with specific engineering needs, from bioscience and administrative offices, to mixed use buildings and museum spaces. Our extensive suite of engineering services includes:

• monitoring-based commissioning and retro-commissioning;
• ASHRAE Level I, II, and III energy audits;
• feasibility studies for capital improvement efficiency projects;
• analysis and documentation for LEED requirements;
• targeted data logging;
• Measurement & Verification of energy efficiency projects; and
• performance monitoring.

QuEST also designs energy efficiency programs for campus housing that focuses on reducing energy costs in dormitories, dining, and common areas through equipment retrofits, facility retro-commissioning, and educational activities. In doing so, the facility is ”tuned-up” to operate optimally, and its inhabitants learn how to modify their behavior in order to achieve campus sustainability goals.