Building Sustainability

Building Sustainability and Resilience

Creating a high-performance building means more than reducing energy use. It means improving HVAC efficiency, controlling operating costs, extending equipment life, and maintaining reliable building performance for years to come.

Hunton Group provides commercial HVAC service, building automation, energy management, and building optimization solutions designed to help building owners and facility teams improve efficiency and get more from their existing systems. We call this approach “High Performance Buildings for Life.”

How Can I Improve the Efficiency of My Commercial HVAC System?

Improving commercial HVAC efficiency starts with understanding how your building and equipment are actually performing. Aging equipment, inefficient sequences, control issues, deferred maintenance, and changing building loads can all increase energy consumption.

Hunton can help identify opportunities through:

• Commercial HVAC service and system optimization

• Energy audits and energy modeling

• HVAC controls optimization

• Retro-commissioning and continuous commissioning

• Building automation system improvements

• Equipment upgrades and retrofits

• Metering, monitoring, and performance verification

• Preventive and predictive maintenance strategies

Our team evaluates the building as a complete system to identify improvements that can reduce energy consumption while supporting comfort, reliability, and equipment life.

How Can Building Automation Improve HVAC Efficiency?

A Building Automation System (BAS) gives facility teams greater visibility and control over HVAC equipment and building operations.

Building automation can improve HVAC efficiency by coordinating equipment schedules, temperatures, setpoints, occupancy, ventilation, and system sequences based on actual building needs. Sensors, meters, controls, and integration technology can also help identify performance issues before they lead to unnecessary energy use or larger operational problems.

With the right BAS strategy, building owners can continuously monitor and optimize performance instead of relying solely on periodic adjustments.

How Can I Reduce HVAC Energy Costs in a Commercial Building?

HVAC is often one of the largest energy users in a commercial facility. Reducing those costs does not always require replacing major equipment.

Opportunities may include:

• Optimizing HVAC schedules and setpoints

• Improving building automation sequences

• Retro-commissioning existing systems

• Upgrading inefficient HVAC equipment and controls

• Using real-time energy monitoring and analytics

• Addressing simultaneous heating and cooling

• Improving lighting and water efficiency

• Evaluating building envelope performance

• Implementing preventive and predictive maintenance

• Identifying utility incentives and financing opportunities

Hunton’s energy professionals can evaluate potential improvements and help prioritize projects based on energy savings, operational impact, and return on investment.

Does Hunton Group Provide Energy Management Solutions?

Yes. Hunton provides energy management and high-performance building solutions that help commercial facilities measure, manage, and reduce energy consumption.

Our services include:

• Energy modeling and return-on-investment assessments

• Certified retro-commissioning for the CenterPoint Energy RCx Program

• Continuous commissioning for the Texas A&M Energy Systems Laboratory program

• Local utility incentive program assistance

• Turnkey engineering and project development

• Building automation and controls optimization

• Energy monitoring and measurement

• Financial solutions, including PACE, SECO, and conventional financing options

These services can help organizations identify efficiency opportunities while developing practical strategies for funding and implementing improvements.

High Performance Building Services

Hunton’s capabilities extend beyond HVAC to support the performance, sustainability, and resilience of the entire facility:

• Building integration systems

• Building automation systems

• HVAC controls and system optimization

• AI-enabled HVAC optimization

• Renewable energy upgrades and strategies

• Lighting upgrades and optimization

• Water conservation strategies

• Building envelope strategies

• Mission-critical operations

• Power quality and power factor assessments

• Energy monitoring and management

• Ongoing monitoring for reliability and efficiency

Measure. Monitor. Optimize.

Achieving energy savings is only part of the goal. Building owners also need to know that those improvements continue delivering results.

Hunton’s building automation and energy professionals use sensors, meters, controls, and integration technology to provide greater visibility into building performance. Real-time monitoring and reporting can help verify energy improvements, identify operational issues, and uncover additional opportunities for optimization.

If it isn’t metered, it can’t be monitored.

By combining commercial HVAC expertise, building automation, energy management, and ongoing optimization, Hunton helps customers create more efficient, reliable, and resilient buildings today while preparing them for the future.

Improving Environments

Whether your goal is to reduce commercial HVAC energy costs, improve building automation, modernize aging equipment, secure funding for improvements, or develop a long-term energy management strategy, Hunton can help you identify the right path forward.