Energy & infrastructure for existing buildings
Better-performing buildings. A clearer path forward.
Understand how your facilities use energy, decide which improvements matter most, and carry them through design, construction and verification with one coordinated team.
Who we help
Building owners, facility managers, finance leaders and institutional decision-makers responsible for hospitals, schools, colleges, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and federal facilities.
Start with your goal
What are you trying to improve?
Pick the closest match, or talk it through with us.
Understand high energy costs
See where your energy spend goes, and why it keeps rising.
Plan aging equipment upgrades
Find the systems that are degrading and decide what to replace first.
Improve building performance
Compare upgrade options on a model before spending capital.
Explore project funding
Discuss financing options, incentives and the paperwork they need.
Verify improvements are working
Measure performance against the baseline, and keep it there.
One coordinated path
From first assessment to verified results
Five stages, one team. You approve each stage before the next begins, and every stage connects to a service you can start with on its own.
Verification results become the baseline for the next round of assessment.
Solutions
Five services that work alone, and better together
Start wherever you are. Each one hands off cleanly to the next.
- Audits & AssessmentsASHRAE audits, utility analysis and condition assessments
- Energy ModelingCompare upgrade options with eQUEST simulation
- Design/BuildDesign, construction, commissioning and project management
- Monitoring & AnalyticsEco-1 analytics and measurement & verification
- Funding & IncentivesFinancing conversations and incentive documentation
Industries
Guidance for your type of facility
Monitoring & verification
Know whether improvements are working
Measurement and verification (M&V) compares energy use after a project with the baseline measured before it. Astro’s Eco-1 monitoring and analytics system supports each stage.
- Before: installed early to establish current-state use and cost. This alone can reveal operational improvements that cost little or nothing.
- During: monitoring during construction supports commissioning and confirms that selected measures are performing.
- After: post-measure monitoring checks that performance continues over time.
Funding & incentives
Help paying for improvements, without overpromising
Explore ways to pay for energy improvements, and get help with the documentation incentives require.
Funding & incentive support- Funding conversations: Astro works with funding partners, including private equity investor groups, to explore financing options for energy projects.
- Building the case: audits, energy modeling and monitoring plans give funders the engineering analysis they need to evaluate a project.
- Incentive identification: finding utility and tax incentives that may apply to the planned measures.
- Incentive documentation: preparing the detailed documentation many programs require before a reservation is submitted.
What to expect
Financing is subject to each funder’s own review and terms, and incentive programs change over time. Eligibility depends on the program, the utility and the project.
Astro does not promise financing approval, savings or budget outcomes in advance. We will tell you which options are realistic once we understand your project.
Where should we start if our energy bills keep increasing?
Usually with a utility billing analysis and an energy audit at the level that fits the decision you face. Together they establish a baseline and show where energy and cost are going.
Monitoring with Eco-1 can add detail on when and where energy is used, sometimes revealing operational fixes that cost little or nothing.
Energy audits & assessmentsWhat is the difference between an energy audit and energy modeling?
An audit looks at the building as it is today: how it uses energy, the condition of its systems and which measures look promising. Modeling looks forward, simulating how the building would perform with different combinations of measures so you can compare options before choosing.
Audit or modelingCan you help us plan upgrades for aging equipment?
Yes. An infrastructure assessment identifies systems that are degrading and supports capital renewal decisions. Modeling can compare replacement options, and integrated design/build can carry the chosen upgrades through design, construction and commissioning.
Integrated design/buildWill you tell us how much we will save?
Not before we understand your building. Audits and modeling estimate the effect of specific measures, and monitoring and verification measure actual performance afterwards. We do not quote savings or guarantee outcomes up front.
Monitoring & verificationWhat funding options should we discuss?
Astro works with funding partners, including private equity investor groups, and helps identify and document utility and tax incentives. What is available depends on your project, your utility and each funder’s review, so we discuss options once we understand the project.
Funding & incentive supportDo you work in our area?
Astro is based in El Cajon, California, in San Diego County. Tell us where your facilities are and we will discuss whether and how we can support them.
Discuss your buildingNext step
Talk through your building with us
Tell us what you want to improve. We’ll discuss your goals and constraints and suggest a sensible first step. No obligation.