Harbor District cold-storage warehouse
Waste heat now warms 42,000 sq ft of office and shipping bays year-round.
The challenge
The original scope came in as a straightforward replacement. Once we opened the mechanical rooms and pulled twelve months of BAS data, the picture shifted. What looked like an aging system was actually a design mismatch — the loads had drifted over two decades of tenant fit-outs, and the equipment was fighting the building.
The solution
A phased conversion. New equipment sized to the actual load, not the load stamped on the drawings. Controls rewritten. Sequences of operation rebuilt from scratch. The old system stayed live through six months of installation so tenants never lost service.
The result
First full winter: 41% reduction in energy cost against the prior year, normalized for weather. Peak demand down 32%. Zero occupant complaints for four straight months. And a client who is now on year three of a continuing maintenance contract.
What it cost
Flat-rate project pricing, quoted before work began.
- Ammonia compressor package and evaporators
- $1.24M
- Heat-recovery loop and hydronic distribution
- $611,000
- Insulated envelope penetrations and dock seals
- $302,000
- Safety systems, detection, and PSM documentation
- $328,000
- Controls, commissioning, and operator training
- $229,000
Utility efficiency rebate of $214,000 applied at final billing.
Figures reflect this project's scope and conditions. Your building will price differently — get a scoped estimate.