We are thrilled to have Chef Christopher Galarza back on the Buildings + Beyond podcast with an update on #CommercialKitchen #Electrification—this time with Chef Duke Gastiger joining the conversation! Remember when gas stoves became a political issue last year? While all that public debate was happening, there were chefs around the world embracing the concept of all-electric kitchens and getting past the learning curve to induction cooking. We don't hear about gas stoves in the news as much as we used to, but kitchen electrification will always be a hot🔥😉 topic here on the Buildings + Beyond podcast! In this episode, we talk about the progress being made to transform commercial kitchens into efficient, safe, and climate-friendly spaces. Duke brings a unique case study for discussion—the all-electric kitchen at his farm restaurant in State College, PA. There's a lot to learn from this episode, but if you walk away with one thing, we hope it's... ✨ Invite the people who work, live, and play in your buildings to join the sustainability conversation early and often ✨ ...as stated by our episode host Kelly Westby! 🎧 WHERE TO LISTEN On our website: https://lnkd.in/ddjC36je Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/d3N5Ucub Spotify: https://lnkd.in/de8Vm-bS #KitchenElectrification #InductionCooking #HealthyBuildings
Steven Winter Associates
Engineering Services
Norwalk, CT 7,853 followers
We make buildings perform better with innovative energy efficiency, sustainability, and accessibility solutions.
About us
Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Improving the Built Environment Since 1972 SWA provides research, consulting, and advisory services to improve commercial, residential, and multifamily built environments for private and public sector clients. We specialize in energy, sustainability and accessibility consulting as well as certification, research & development and compliance services. Our engineers and architects have led the way since 1972 in the development of best practices to achieve high performance buildings. As a matter of course, we collaborate with our clients to produce the most cost-effective and innovative solutions. Visit our blog, Party Walls: www.swinter.com/party-walls
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http://www.swinter.com
External link for Steven Winter Associates
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- Engineering Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Norwalk, CT
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1972
- Specialties
- LEED Consulting Services, Sustainable Design, Certification Services, NYC Local Law Compliance, Energy Audits, Commissioning / Retro-Commissioning, Energy Progress Inspections, Accessibility Compliance, Implementation, Residential Research, and MEP Design
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55 North Water Street
Suite 1
Norwalk, CT 06854, US
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307 Seventh Avenue
Suite 1701
New York, NY 10001, US
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2000 M Street NW
Suite 610
Washington, DC 20036, US
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444 Somerville Avenue
Greentown Labs
Somerville, MA 02143, US
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Register for the last free, live Climate Ready Buildings Training from Building Energy Exchange on September 10! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSP78XR4 We're excited to hear from SWA's Kate D. and Vidya C Chundru alongside Sunitha S. with New York State Homes & Community Renewal and Jasmine Reid-Harris with NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development.
Don't miss out: On September 10th, we're hosting our FINAL free + live offering of the Climate Ready Buildings Training. Learn strategies for designing climate resilient buildings, such as Integrative Design Process (IDP), to create high-performance buildings that meet New York's climate goals. We'll unpack all of the relevant climate policies that impact New York's building industry. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about either New York State Homes & Community Renewal (HCR) or NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) funding opportunities via interactive breakout sessions. Learn from industry experts: Kate Doherty, Building Systems Analyst, Steven Winter Associates Vidya Chundru, Sustainability Consultant, Steven Winter Associates Sunitha Sarveswaran, Director of Sustainability Programs, New York State Homes & Community Renewal Jasmine Reid-Harris, Sustainability Analyst, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development P.S. All attendees who complete the training will be entered into a raffle to win a free iPad! The winner will be announced by the end of this year. 🎁 Register now or risk FOMO (September 10, 9:00am - 12:00pm, online via Zoom): https://lnkd.in/eSP78XR4
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Maryland building owners: 🚨 It's time to get ready for the state-wide Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS)! 🚨 Maryland is implementing its BEPS for buildings 35,000 square feet and over as a requirement under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. The proposed regulations have also established benchmarking and reporting deadlines for covered buildings. SWA's Iffat Ridwana, PhD and Adam Szlachetka have summarized what we know and how to prepare for Maryland's BEPS in our new blog post. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVH7fipB Their immediate recommendations for building owners include: 🔶 Start collecting all building data this year and prepare for the initial benchmarking reporting due in 2025. 🔶 Plan to identify and make necessary improvements to comply with interim and final BEPS standards. 🔶 Don't install new gas equipment or replace existing gas equipment with a similar make and model. A lower-carbon alternative should be explored if equipment is at or near the end of its useful life. #MarylandBuildings #MarylandBEPS #BEPS #BuildingPerformance #EnergyEfficiency
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Just announced! 📣 New funding is here to help decarbonize New York City's affordable housing. Available to owners and developers through the Resilient and Equitable Decarbonization Initiative for Existing Buildings (REDi: EB) program, this funding covers the incremental costs of electrification and energy efficiency upgrades to New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) regulated buildings. We're excited to work with Taitem Engineering to continue to provide technical assistance for this program—which is bringing decarbonization efforts and funding to underserved communities. 🙌 #AffordableHousing #Decarbonization #NewYorkCity
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that $16.5 million is now available to decarbonize and improve existing affordable housing in New York City. This funding, part of the Resilient and Equitable Decarbonization Initiative for Existing Buildings Program, expands a partnership between New York State and New York City. It aims to make it easier for housing owners and developers to access funds for electrification and energy efficiency upgrades, benefiting low-to-moderate-income residents in NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development regulated buildings. These upgrades will help to reduce use of fossil-fuels and transform buildings into highly efficient spaces that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve indoor air quality https://lnkd.in/gUfw2mpQ
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Join ROCKWOOL North America, Handel Architects, and SWA for a virtual discussion on Boston's Winthrop Center and #PassiveHouse solutions for largescale commercial projects! 🏙️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e2S8Dvfj Who you'll hear from: Dylan Martello, Senior Building Systems Consultant at SWA Louis Koehl, AIA CPHD, Senior Associate, Director of Sustainable Design at Handel Architects Robert Blount, Architectural Manager at ROCKWOOL Mahnaz P. Nikbakht, Architectural Specifications Manager at ROCKWOOL 🎓 Attendees can earn 1 AIA CEU credit.
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Congratulations to the Hanover Hyannis team for surpassing their #EnergyEfficiency goals! They achieved 2020 NGBS Multifamily New Construction Gold certification for the three buildings in the complex. ⭐🎉 Hanover Hyannis features #AllElectric buildings that use less energy than similarly-sized buildings built to code.⚡ Thank you to The Hanover Company for inviting us to join the project team! A shout out to SWA sustainability consultants Karla Butterfield, Alex Guerrieri, M.Sci, Shari Rauls, and Laila Carolina Sánchez Núñez del Prado. #NGBS #NGBSGold #Electrification
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Portland Commons at University of Southern Maine is officially certified by the Passive House Institute! 🎉 The Portland Commons student residence is now one of the top 10 largest Passive House buildings in the US and the second largest Passive House building at a university in the nation. Bravo to the integrated design team: University of Southern Maine, Capstone Development Partners, LLC, SMRT Architects & Engineers, PC Construction Company, Elkus Manfredi Architects, and our talented consultants at SWA 👏 We are proud to be part of projects like this that push past boundaries and scale up the Passive House standard. #PassiveHouse #HighPerformanceBuildings #HigherEducation
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Are you a building owner—or know a building owner—who hasn't explored #retrocommissioning yet to reduce operational energy use? SWA recently worked with the Building Innovation Hub and the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) to develop a set of resources on retro-commissioning for building owners in Washington, DC, who must comply with the Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). Note! 👉 Though we refer often to DC’s BEPS, any building owner can use these resources to understand if retro-commissioning is the right approach to comply with local performance standards.
One of the most #costeffective ways to reduce operational #energy usage, improve #buildingperformance, and comply with #BEPS, is retro-commissioning (RCx). Also known as existing building commissioning, RCx is a systematic process to evaluate and improve an existing building’s energy performance by testing existing systems, identifying measures for improvements, implementing changes, and training owners and operators how to operate improved systems. The Hub has created an RCx scope of work to make it easier for building owners and managers to hire commissioning providers and make improvements on their existing buildings. Check out our companion blog post to understand how it works, best practices, and how it might apply to your building. Thanks to our partners Steven Winter Associates and Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) for your help! Click the links to read more! https://lnkd.in/e6YMDSwH https://lnkd.in/eQjBXB3r
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🎙️New from the Buildings + Beyond podcast... 🔸Career Diaries – What’s It Like Working as an Accessibility Consultant?🔸 🎧 WHERE TO LISTEN Online: https://lnkd.in/eExy2jTA Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enFExt_V Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eFfi5DTB Accessibility consultants work at the intersection of architecture and social justice. It’s much more than checking the boxes on accessibility requirements of laws and codes; it takes precision, dedication, and creativity to solve problems and remove physical barriers to access that have historically marginalized people with disabilities. To mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July, we invited three members of SWA's Accessibility team on the podcast to talk about their unique career paths and the important work they do. Thank you to our guests Carlos S., Jeffrey R. Heitert, and Jennifer Low—who, combined, have almost 40 years of experience! 🙌 And thank you to our host Kelly Westby! 👏 #Accessibility #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct #ADA #AccessibleDesign #AccessibleBuildings
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Grab a spot at this free online event with SWA's Dylan Martello and other electrification experts!⚡
Commit to your grid! Passive House and electrification means you'll be ahead of the curve in decarbonizing our energy and ensuring a greener future. Dylan Martello from Steven Winter Associates will dive into the key design considerations for all-electric hot water systems and space heating systems with little to no central refrigerant piping. He'll be joined by Tim Eian from TE Studio, Ltd., Jessica Grove-Smith from the Passive House Institute, Bronwyn Barry from PassivehouseBB.com, Bruce Becker from Becker + Becker Architects, and Paul Ormond from the Massachusetts DOER. Join us this Thursday, July 25th, at Noon ET for an electrifying conversation and a look at what a greener future holds. Register now for this free online webinar: https://hubs.ly/Q02HJRnJ0 #architecture #buildingconstruction #certifiedpassivehouse #cityplanning #climateaction #construction #decarbonization #efficiencyfirst #efficiencynow #electrification #energyefficiency #passivhaus #passivehouse #renewableenergy #sustainability
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