Silvertip Representative Projects

Shambhala Mountain Center – Rigden Lodge, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado – Radiant heating and domestic solar hot water

Mechanical and plumbing design for meditation, dormitory, and multi-purpose project with high efficiency condensing boilers to provide heating through baseboard radiation with radiant floors in specific areas.

Silver Sage Village, Boulder, Colorado – Radiant heating, domestic solar hot water, and DX cooling

Mechanical and plumbing design for co-housing project with high efficiency condensing boilers to provide heating through baseboard radiation with radiant floors as a unit upgrade option, and split-system DX for optional cooling.

Century Elementary School, Aurora, Colorado – Renovation of HVAC system

Mechanical design for 50,000 sq. ft. elementary school HVAC system renovation and upgrade. Systems include new high efficiency condensing boilers, chilled water, and replacement of pneumatic controls with digital. Two options, air-cooled chiller and water-to-water Ground Source Heat Pumps were fully designed and bid as alternates.

Denver Place - LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) pilot project

LEED Accredited Professional for LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) pilot project under sub-contract to E-Cube, Inc. Project comprises a full city block in downtown Denver including two office towers, 34 and 23 stories each, connected by two-six level Terraces, comprising 815,000 gross square feet. Project has been awarded a LEED EB Gold rating and was the first LEED EB, and first LEED Gold, in Colorado.

Palmer Ridge High School - Peer Review

Peer review for new high school. Systems include ground-coupled heat pumps, energy recovery ventilation, and a variety of measures intended to make this school one of the lowest energy use high schools in the State.

Sedalia Residence, Sedalia, Colorado – Radiant and ground-coupled heat pump heating and cooling

Mechanical and plumbing design for residence using ground-coupled heat pumps to provide heating and cooling through radiant floors, energy recovery ventilator for fresh air, whole house fans for moderate weather ventilation, and supplemental fan-coils for dehumidification. Project won a McGraw-Hill Gold Hard Hat award in 2006.

Indian Hills Residence

Mechanical design for a new net zero energy residence. Systems include solar thermal heating (domestic hot water, space heat), interface with PV solar, energy recovery, variable speed main fan system, radiant floor heating, sun-space heat transfer

Schreiver Data Center troubleshooting

Peer review and analysis of mechanical design and installation during commissioning. The system included chilled water with ice thermal storage. Results of analyses included development of remediation design to increase capacity and reliability of a high-criticality facility.

Solar Harvest, Boulder, Colorado – Net Zero Energy Home Consultation

Mechanical consultation for the first net-zero energy home in Boulder Colorado. Systems consultation include ground-coupled “cool tube” for outside air pre-heat and pre-cooling, passive solar heat transfer from sun space to interior, and distribution of ventilation air from heat recovery to interior spaces.

Experience - Projects - MDH