Fostering healthy, comfortable, and energy-conscious spaces for the Oakland and Bay Area community.
Alter Engineers designs high-performance all-electric building systems across the Bay Area, specializing in making net-zero and low-energy buildings accessible to public schools, laboratories, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations.
Design services providing fully integrated building systems focused on high efficiency and comfort.
Providing complete design, specification, and engineering documentation as the engineer of record.
Developing comprehensive plans and technical drawing packages for construction.
Collaborative design-build engineering solutions for building fire safety systems.
Analytical services to optimize thermodynamic performance, electrification, and carbon footprint.
Dynamic thermal and energy simulation of facilities to guide electrification and efficiency strategies.
Financial and technical analysis to capture external energy-efficiency incentives.
High-level analysis of onsite and offsite renewable integration, such as solar PV systems.
Engineering of centralized control systems and sequences to enable advanced efficiency.
Developing central, standardized control system strategies for campus-wide or localized building management.
Specialized consulting and documentation supporting leading green building frameworks.
Compiling technical documentation for mechanical and plumbing credits within the LEED framework.
Design alignment with Net Zero Energy, CHPS, Greenpoint, Passive House, and ILFI standards.
Code compliance modeling and documentation for California energy standards.
Early-phase MEP strategy, utility integration, and master planning to set structural baselines.
Initial conceptual planning and option analysis to determine mechanical, electrical, and plumbing paths.
Long-term campus or utility-level infrastructure roadmap development.
Navigating utility connections, policy changes, and electrification requirements.
Education · Research Facilities · Laboratories · Government · Commercial · Renewable Energy
Berkeley, CA · Laboratories · Client: UC Berkeley
A renovation of an existing six-story laboratory building to convert the HVAC system from constant volume to variable air volume. The work included adding venturi supply and exhaust valves, converting existing constant volume fume hoods to variable air volume hoods, and modernizing the control system to the campus standardized central ALC system.
Oakland, CA · Education · Client: Oakland Unified School District
Construction of a new multipurpose building and adjoining all-electric kitchen on the Claremont Middle School campus. The design integrates in-slab radiant tubing for heating and cooling, a central dedicated outdoor air handler, electronically actuated windows operated by the BMS for natural ventilation, and a CO2-based domestic hot water system.
Berkeley, CA · Research Facilities · Client: LBNL (UC Berkeley)
An electrification project for the HVAC and plumbing systems of Building 84 to address persistent entrainment of combustion exhaust. The project involved evaluating site locations for a new electric air-to-water heat pump plant and delivering a comprehensive report covering electrical, mechanical, plumbing, civil, structural, and cost analyses.
Oakland, CA · Education · Client: Peralta College
A major renovation of an existing four-story theater and classroom building. The scope included converting the existing HVAC system from constant volume to variable air volume, replacing the air handler, and transitioning the decentralized controls to the campus standardized central control system.