3. Overview
The BLUE Difference
Climate change is often identified as one of the greatest Invent & Implement
challenges of the 21st century and has moved to the
forefront of society’s consciousness. According to the Other consulting firms focus their efforts only on
U.S. Energy Information Administration, buildings are “greening” buildings, tempting facility owners with a LEED
responsible for approximately 48% of annual greenhouse certification or positive public relations. BLUE pushes beyond
gas (GHG) emissions. Though many are familiar with the preconceived consulting ceilings to help position sustainable
term “climate change,” few admit to knowing what it design efforts as part of an organization’s best practice
entails. Some are aware of climate change’s accompanying standards. With attorneys, business professionals, and
problems, but may not know who to consult, how to grant writers on staff, BLUE navigates this emerging terrain
mitigate their organization’s environmental impacts, or without compromising financial metrics or elevating risks.
what the benefits of early action may be. Voluntary action
positions an organization to strategically anticipate, Our roots in design and construction carry our commitment
and even get ahead of, the early action measures beyond theory; we are equipped to assist clients from design
slated to take effect during the fist quarter of 2010. through completion. We approach every project not only
as climate change experts and MEPT engineers, but also as
In recent years, many have looked to the climate change investment managers who push for high-quality deliverables
experts at Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB) for to reflect both cost-effectiveness and sustainability. Climate
education, awareness, and guidance. M+NLB is a national change consulting acts as a complement, rather than a
engineering design and consulting firm created in 2008 supplement, to our traditional engineering services.
following the merger of San Francisco-based Mazzetti &
Associates and Nashville-based Nash Lipsey Burch. Our While other firms lack a thorough understanding of
firm boasts eight offices spanning six states across the system designs due to limited capabilities, our gamut
country. M+NLB’s Climate Change Consulting team, BLUE of traditional engineering and climate change services
Climate Change Consulting, is armed with the expertise further informs clients of all possible methods of
and tools necessary to prepare clients for upcoming implementing sustainable, cost-efficient solutions.
regulations; offering awareness, education, and training;
and aiding public, private, and non-profit organizations With almost 50 years of experience, BLUE
in mitigating their built environments harmful impacts. is proud to offer the following:
M+NLB, and more recently BLUE Climate Change • Over 60 LEED® Accredited Professionals
Consulting, has implemented sustainable, environmentally • Over 20 LEED-certified projects – eight certified Gold
sound designs for almost 50 years. We help clients • Completed 2% of LEED Gold certified buildings worldwide
meet both current and future resource demands, while • Completed 17% of LEED Gold-certified buildings in Oregon
simultaneously maintaining building operations • Energy efficiency and renewable resource experience
with minimal long-term impacts. Our climate change • Numerous resource consumption efficiency systems
consultants are leaders who work hard to understand a • Experience with third-party, energy efficiency programs
client’s specific needs so as to minimize consumption, • In-house AEE Certified Energy Procurement Professional
maximize utilization, and reduce harmful byproducts.
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4. Overview
Today’s Climate Change Environment
Braving the Financial & Economic Storm voluntary action. Currently, a number of voluntary
initiatives exist, including Current and Near Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Initiatives, Green Power Partnerships,
Some hesitate to invest in sustainable design and climate Tax Incentives to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions,
change consulting due to today’s financial uncertainties. and Federal Grants to fund efficiency measures.
The financial challenge of paying upfront to save in the
long term, combined with today’s economic pressures
and limited capital funds, prevent many from taking
the first step. In truth, implementing sustainable design Stepping Stones
and resource efficiency measures can save businesses
current and future costs; implementing energy efficient Benefits to Early Action
measures, for example, can save organizations $0.60 per
square foot, thereby reducing the per-square-foot energy The first step to climate change action is to inventory
costs by 40%. (Source: Coolcompanies.org/profits) and audit GHG emissions to best understand where
reductions can be made, and how an organization’s
BLUE can alleviate organizations’ concerns by offering and energy consumption measures against that of similar
tracking capital resources meant to help organizations entities. Early action ensures a significant competitive
offset the costs associated with climate change consulting. advantage as clients who take advantage of early action
These subsidies include rebates, incentives, offset programs, distinguish their organizations as climate change action
stimulus allocations, and green grants. We closely track the leaders, while simultaneously allowing an invaluable
allocation of stimulus funds and look for opportunities to adjustment period to learn about the building’s emissions
tap into these sources to help our clients mitigate not only and to identify where reductions are possible.
the effects of climate change, but also the associated costs.
Voluntarily addressing these issues during the still-
nascent period of regulations lends organizations both
Political & Legislative Environment control over the anticipated business risks associated
with upcoming policies and influence over impending
Currently, there are no mandatory GHG reporting or climate change regulations. Climate change consulting
reduction requirements in the United States, though can also help organizations contend with increasing
experts anticipate a slew of both local, state, and energy prices, heightened consumption, and other
national regulations will emerge before long. The federal factors negatively impacting the organization’s
government is implementing voluntary and incentive- operations and finances. Addressing climate change
based programs to encourage organizations to take part allows an organization to anticipate – and even mitigate
in programs and climate change technology. The Senate – an increase in prices and accompanying costs.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is developing
a “Mandatory Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Regulatory BLUE arms our clients with the tools and expertise
System” meant to mitigate GHG emissions. The National necessary to fully understand their buildings’ impacts
Commission on Energy Policy wants to mandate a national on the climate, while developing feasible strategies
GHG emission-trading system and is currently exploring to address an organization’s triple bottom line: its
the allocation of emission permits. The Environmental people, the planet, and its profitability. We address
Protection Agency is developing initiatives to encourage the need for the built environment by offering such
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5. Overview
services as Energy and Emissions Management, Energy • Reduction Analysis in the Built Environment –
Consumption and Pollutant Release Analysis, Public Performing a reduction analysis is meant to help clients
Health Risks Evaluations, and Climate Action Planning. establish reduction and certification goals, identify
energy-conservation measures, determine associated
Commitment to Combating Climate Change
An Expansive Menu costs, and predict energy consumption. We provide a
comparative matrix to identify a combination of energy-
BLUE’s climate change consulting experience spans the reduction techniques that best fit the client’s needs.
healthcare, mission critical, laboratory, higher education
environments, and public sectors. Our menu of services • Water Conservation – When implementing water-
includes M+NLB’s traditional MEPT services, in addition to conservation efforts, we analyze existing systems to
a broad range of climate change consulting services, which determine areas to reduce water consumption and
encompass environmental impact analysis, energy and wastewater generation. From there, we formulate and
GHG management consulting and emissions inventory, incorporate conservation measures, including equipment
and emission-reduction strategies. Many clients elect and plumbing upgrades, stormwater reclamation,
to educate and dedicate their organizations to several graywater systems, and outreach programs.
of the environment-saving strategies listed below:
• On-Site Renewable Energy Solutions – The ability to
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory – Conducting a harness wind, water, and biomass has increased the
GHG emissions inventory establishes baseline emissions opportunity for on-site renewable solutions, which reduce
to generate an inventory. Using registry protocols and the demand for energy generated by fossil fuels. These
GHG inventory calculations, a comprehensive audit is technologies include wind turbines, photovoltaic solar
performed to identify energy-consumption patterns panels, solar thermal systems, small-scale hydroelectric
and reduction opportunities and recommendations. power plants, and ground-source heat pumps.
• Energy Rebates & Incentive Services – To successfully • Solar Feasibility Studies – Before performing an
finance energy and carbon-reduction strategies, analysis of the facility’s resource-consumption
we identify rebate and incentive requirements trends, we first assess the available solar resources
necessary for the use of subsidized funds. We and all existing MEP infrastructure. We then follow
educate the building owner regarding the types with recommendations for the solar systems and
of incentive and rebate programs available provide a comprehensive report detailing solar energy
and help pursue appropriate financing. system implications, recommendations, system-
performance analysis, and economic analysis of
• Energy Audits – Energy audits are invaluable in various purchasing methods, incentives, and rebates.
comparing a building’s current resource consumption to
that predicted by its original design or against facilities • Policy Analysis & Legal Compliance Services – We use
with similar operations. These audits are presented our policy analysis and legal compliance expertise to
in a report that summarizes short- and long-term allay clients’ fears by helping them to maintain margins
action plans, energy-efficiency measures, associated under the anticipated climate change regulations. We act
costs, potential savings, and recommendations.
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6. Overview
as the client’s representative with access to a variety of BLUE’s “in partnership” experiences result in innovative
data and opportunities to influence policy changes in a design solutions. We collaborate with public and private
way that ensures the organization remains competitive. organizations and have highly evolved relationships with
numerous others dedicated to climate change problems.
• Climate Action Plan – Our climate action planning
services takes into account the the emissions inventory • The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – influence
and the community setting and public policies (both emerging climate change trends & policies
existing and projected) so as to produce a course of action
tailored to the select community. These plans typically • Southern California Edison/San Diego Gas & Electric’s
address emissions by sectors and present strategies to Third Party, Healthcare Energy Efficiency Program
help clients meet or beat previously adopted goals. (HEEP) – offer cash incentives for energy-saving retrofits
of existing equipment & systems in healthcare facilities
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories –
On the Razor’s Edge energy benchmarking framework for hospitals;
BLUE is a leader of innovative solutions designed to perform evaluations using metrics formulated to
exceed the client’s objectives. We have incorporated a facilitate comparisons among similar entities
number of design innovations into recent healthcare
projects to improve patient comfort, generate a • Pacific Gas & Electric Company IDSM – provide
healing environment, improve employee efficiency various energy assessments, analyses & services
and consumption, and increase operational
economics. We have also pioneered and implemented • Kaiser Permanente’s High Performance Building
several innovative advancements, including: Committee – promotes sustainable design in healthcare
facilities, and develops an energy plan, budget, and
• Variable Air Volume Solutions for Mechanical business case for all of its Northern California hospitals
Systems – results in enormous energy savings
• The California Office of Statewide Health Planning &
• Displacement Ventilation Research – helps save Development (OSHPD) – active on several committees
energy without compromising air quality and play an advisory role regarding energy codes
• Medical Gas Recapture Investigations • The 2003 Rocky Mountain Institute Low-power Data
Center Charrette – reduce energy use in data centers
• Free Cooling Economizers in Data Centers – to reduce without compromising reliability requirements
energy consumption to 1/7th of conventional designs
• Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) – develops
• Steam Reformation of Biological Waste tools to help hospitals become more sustainable
to Nonhazardous Waste & Energy
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating &
• Flue Gas Condensing Systems – captures Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) – reinvent
waste heat and water for reuse ventilation standards through use of displacement
and natural ventilation and developed two energy
• Sterilizer Water Reclamation design guides for healthcare; help develop the
model green building code for healthcare.
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7. Services
Energy Efficiency Services Feasibility Studies
• Audits & Assessments • Technical Assessments
• Advanced Energy Modeling • Environmental Assessments
• Design Review & Planning • Capital and O&M Costs
• Financing Mechanisms • Economic/Cost Models
• Performance Metrics & Benchmarking • Financial Evaluation
• Consumption Analysis
Climate Action Planning
Sustainability/Policy Research • GHG Emission Inventory
• Emerging Technologies • Goal Setting
• Regulatory Issues • Background Reporting
• Incentive Programs • Climate Action Plan
• Green Pricing & Certification • Community Outreach & Education
• State Policy & Programs • Monitoring & Emission Inventory Updates
Environmental Impact Analysis
• Lifecycle Models
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory/
Reporting/Certification
• Greenhouse Gas Credits
• Emission Reduction Strategy Formulation
• Water, Solid Waste & Land Impacts
• Pollution Control Technologies
• Transportation
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8. Awards
• 2009-10 Portland Climate Champion • 2000 Regional Award
BEST Business Center, City of Portland, Oregon, USA American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
First Ever Awarded and Air-Conditioning Engineer
• 2009 Champions for Change Award • 2000 Best Business for an Environmentally
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Sustainable Tomorrow Award
Swindells Hall, University of Portland
• 2008 Champions for Change Award Portland, Oregon, USA
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Architect: Soderstrom Architects
• 2007 Champions for Change Award • 1996 Architecture + Energy Award of Merit
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus
Science Building, Portland, Oregon, USA
• 2007 AIA SF Awards – Architect: SRG Partnership
Energy + Sustainability Merit Award
Franchise Tax Board, Sacramento, California, USA • 1993 State of Oregon Governor’s Energy Award
Architect: HOK Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Portland, Oregon, USA
• 2005 Vista Award Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP
American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the
American Healthcare Association • Savings by Design, PG&E Energy Efficiency Program
Rogue Valley Medical Center Expansion Various Northern & Central California Locations
Medford, Oregon, USA Numerous Projects Honored
Architect: Mahlum Architects
• 2004 Susanne Wilson Award for Pollution
Prevention/Resource Conservation, Acterra Business
Environmental Awards
NetApp New Data Center, N+1 Redundancy,
Cogen Design, Sunnyvale, California, USA
• 2002 Vista Award
American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the
American Healthcare Association
Kaiser Permanente, SF Medical Office Building
San Francisco, California, USA
Architect: Anshen+Allen
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