Making Bold Visions Work
Altieri Sebor Wieber, LLC designs environmentally responsible building systems for architecturally challenging environments. The practice specializes in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering, as well as low-voltage system design, energy modeling, master planning, and decarbonization strategy. It collaborates with architects and owners on cultural, educational, and historic landmarks.
Michael A. FreliechPrincipal / Boston Office Leader
State-of-the-art infrastructure systems designed for highly controlled and architecturally challenging environments.
Integrates environmental control and ventilation systems seamlessly within finished spaces to protect aesthetics and performance.
Design and optimization of automated facility management architectures.
Sizing and routing of central plant infrastructure and utility networks.
High-efficiency hot water, chilled water, steam, and glycol distribution systems.
Integrated VRF, active chilled beam, and radiant cooling panel systems.
Deployment of displacement ventilation, natural ventilation, and geothermal heat pumps.
Airflow and thermal simulations to verify environmental conditions in custom spaces.
Powers environments with precise and reliable systems configured to support architectural designs and boost operational efficiency.
Design of electrical service entry, routing, and facility distribution equipment.
Backup power generation and transfer logic to ensure continuous facility operations.
Coordinated lighting layout design and energy-efficient lighting control schemes.
Life safety notification systems and building envelope grounding structures.
Sizing studies for solar integration along with arc flash, short circuit, and coordination analysis.
Coordinates and routes sanitary, water, and gas distribution networks for safety and long-term maintenance access.
Safe supply systems mapped to precise facility and occupant consumption parameters.
Integrated sewer, specialty acid waste venting, and exterior drainage plans.
Industrial gas, compressed air, and natural gas systems built to strict code standards.
Customized circulation and booster configurations for dependable pressure maintenance.
Suppresses hazards in complex spaces using customized, minimally intrusive systems designed to modern life-safety codes.
Custom water-based suppression plans matched to building occupancy and hazard class.
Specialized gas-based fire suppression for museums, libraries, and archival facilities.
Tailored configurations protecting unique, double-height, or highly critical spaces.
Technology infrastructure including communication, audiovisual, and security systems to enable converged building networks.
Configures network cabling and pathway infrastructure designed for seamless connectivity and hardware survivability.
Data and telecom cabling paths mapped for scalability.
Core routing, switching, and hardware specification.
RF propagation analysis to optimize access point coverage and density.
Mission-critical spaces configured with dedicated pathways and back-end environmental protections.
Integrates state-of-the-art display, sound, and control equipment to support academic, corporate, and performance events.
LED wall integrations and building information displays.
Optimized camera, display, and microphone mapping for physical and virtual collaboration.
Centralized hardware architectures to manage multi-room media environments.
Complex localized sound design, projection blending, and custom theatre integrations.
Coordinates physical security infrastructure with building alarms and vertical transportation systems.
Secure server rack planning, dedicated pathways, and security cabling.
Detailed mapping of surveillance cameras, card readers, and intrusion detection hardware.
Perimeter and interior alarms integrated with facility-wide safety software.
Assists clients with building and campus strategies to lower greenhouse gas emissions and meet sustainability goals.
Detailed strategic transition plans away from fossil-fuel-based heating and domestic systems.
Feasibility, sizing, and design of geothermal source networks.
Integration of remote solar arrays and solar fields into the facility's power mix.
Strategies aligning with international standards to reduce building energy intensity.
Evaluates existing facility systems to provide strategic guidance on capital upgrades and compliance.
In-depth checks of vintage and active systems against contemporary safety regulations.
Detailed recommendations to stabilize and extend the operating life of MEPF assets.
Tiered planning strategies to prepare aging assets for future operational expansion.
Provides building performance simulation to inform systems design, verify compliance, and secure green certifications.
Calculates minimum and optimized energy performance metrics to secure LEED points.
Leverages eQuest, Trane Trace, Energy Plus, IES, and Cove.tool to verify compliance limits.
Compiles and formats performance data required by regional power programs and local guidelines.
Arts & Culture · Education · Sports & Recreation · Parks & Open Space · Residential · Historic Preservation · Religious
NY · Arts & Culture · 2023 · Client: The Pocantico Center
An adaptive reuse project that transformed a historic Orangerie at The Pocantico Center into a flexible performing arts, exhibition, and education facility. The sustainable design achieved LEED Platinum with 88 points, making it a high-scoring LEED v4 BD+C project in New York State.
Arts & Culture · Client: Obama Foundation
Designing all-electric mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for the campus, pursuing ILFI Zero Carbon, SITES Silver, and LEED Platinum certifications. The design utilizes an all-electric geothermal heat pump system with energy sourced entirely from off-site photovoltaic panels.
Arts & Culture · 2021 · Client: Glenstone
Provided environmental systems and engineering to achieve LEED Platinum certification for the Arrival Hall and LEED Gold certifications for the Pavilions and Café, focusing on redundancy, reliability, and close control.
Arts & Culture · Client: The Getty Center
Completed original MEP designs that enabled the facility to become the first existing building in the United States to achieve LEED certification. Later returned to perform a comprehensive Central Plant Engineering Study more than 20 years after the original work.