ECOTOPE NEWS
Ecotope has a Strong Showing at ACI NW
The 2015 ACI Northwest Regional Home Performance Conference is was held in Seattle this year, February 2nd and 3rd. Several of our staff members led sessions during the 2 day conference. On Monday, David Baylon & Shawn Oram talked about Multi-Family Buildings:...
ASHRAE Annual Conference
Several members of the Ecotope team attended the ASHRAE winter conference in Chicago at the end of January. Bob Davis and Ben Larson prepared and delivered an oral presentation as part of a Load-Based testing technical seminar. The presentation focused on both field...
Ecotope Holiday Party
With offices in Seattle, Portland, & Michigan we aren't all in the same room at the same time very often. We succeeded at our holiday party last weekend and Spike Mafford, our official photographer, captured the moment. We wish you all a prosperous and efficient...
New PE in the house
Congratulations to Carmen Cejudo who passed her professional engineers exam and earned 2 new initals after her name.
Hot Water at a Fraction of the Energy
At the November Regional Technical Forum meeting, Ben Larson presented research and findings demonstrating the regional energy savings potential of residential heat pump water heaters (HPWH). Encompassing nearly five years of work, the research shows HPWHs in single...
And the Glass Cube Goes to….
The Sunset Electric building was selected as one of 10 buildings featured at the 2014 Northwest Eco Building Guild Green Building Slam. The event celebrates and showcases local architects, builders and others involved in sustainable construction and renovation. ...
Ecopie 2014
If there is one thing that can be said about people who work at Ecotope, we love pies: baking them, eating them and competing over them. The Ecopie pie baking contest was born as a way to merge these interests. As engineers and researchers we have very specific...
Ecotope Design Team Wins ASHRAE Technology Award Existing Buildings Second Place for the King County Office Building
The King County Housing Authority’s (KCHA) new office was a complete interior renovation of a former big box retail store into a typical modern office. The project goals were to create an affordable energy efficient “Net Zero Energy Ready” building. The design team...
EcoBuilding 2014
Ben Larson & Jonathan Heller were presenters at the EcoBuilding 2014: Building Transformation Through Transparency Conference. Ben’s presentation, What, When, and How Much | Whole-house Energy Use Across the Pacific Northwest focused on the newly completed...
Ecotope Plants a P-Patch Plot
Ecotope staffers Nick Kvaltine & Gia Mugford spearheaded a new gardening effort at our neighborhood P-Patch. Clearing weeds, selecting seeds and growing starts in the greenhouse these two turned a dismal plot into a vibrant garden of vegetables, herbs and...