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HVAC, Plumbing and
Fire-Sprinkler System Design
Taylor Engineering has extensive experience in HVAC, Plumbing, and
Fire Sprinkler systems design and construction for large
commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. All Taylor Engineering employees have contracting or field
experience, which ensures that our designs are practical,
complete, well-coordinated, and on budget. Key projects include the Oakland Cathedral, Gap
Headquarters in San Francisco, Symantec offices and data center in Culver
City, State Central Plant Upgrade in Sacramento, the UC Merced Classroom Building in Merced, Stauffer Laboratories and Pixar II
in Emeryville. We are renowned for our expertise in data centers,
underfloor air distribution systems, and central plants.
Control System Design
Our in-depth control systems design and
commissioning experience is unique among consulting engineering
firms. Employees have factory training in DDC controls, and we routinely integrate
control system commissioning and diagnostics into our services. Projects include campus-wide energy management system
design for UC Merced and San Francisco State University. We annually teach a UC Berkeley Extension Service class on
HVAC system controls, authored the ASHRAE controls textbook Fundamentals of HVAC Controls, and co-wrote the ASHRAE
Guideline 13 Specifying DDC Systems.
Design/Build
With experience both as design engineers and former design/build
contractors, Taylor Engineering is uniquely qualified to serve as
an owner’s representative in the selection and oversight of
design/build mechanical, plumbing and fire protection contractors.
Services include performance specifications, design review,
and thorough coordination to ensure that systems interface
properly with other trades.
Energy Conservation & "Green
Buildings"
Taylor Engineering served as energy consultants for several
showcase green building projects including the Ridgehaven Green Building in San Diego, two PGE ACT2 super-efficient demonstration projects, and
Capitol Area East End Office Buildings in Sacramento. TE staff were primary authors of the HVAC sections of
ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and California’s Title 24 Energy Standards. The firm is well known for its expertise in energy modeling
using DOE-2 and eQUEST for predicting energy performance in green building design and performance contracting. Staff contributed to ASHRAE’s Green Guide and are voting
members on committees developing ASHRAE’s Green Building Standard
189 and IAPMO’s Green Building Code.
Indoor Air Quality
Mr. Taylor is a past chair of the committee
revising ASHRAE Standard 62
Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, considered the
“bible” of IAQ and incorporated into most state building codes. He was a primary author of California’s Title 24 Ventilation
Standards and is a member of the USGBC LEED Environmental Quality
Technical Advisory Group.
System Commissioning
With a hands-on background in HVAC system and controls design and
construction, Taylor Engineering is uniquely qualified to take the
lead role in system commissioning. Commissioning projects include ASHRAE’s Atlanta headquarters building, Symantec’s
Arizona Data Center, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Building Performance Assurance
project, Capitol Area East End Complex, IBM San Jose chiller
plant, and the UC Merced campus. |
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