Energy Studio

Rushing’s Energy Studio provides data-backed analysis enabling owners and design teams to select an optimum package of whole-project design elements that best suits their building. While our cutting-edge Net-Zero-Energy and Low-Carbon design work deservedly grabs attention, we also take pride in assisting teams that have become lost in the maze of vexing code official feedback or trying to select the most cost-effective path to code compliance; we want your project to succeed.  Rushing’s Energy Studio is set apart from the field by the ability to break down complex problems into discrete decision points and then convey that information in digestible and actionable deliverables, be that discussions, presentations, or reports. Integrative design is in the DNA of the energy studio, and our personable and knowledgeable experts in energy code compliance and sustainable will tailor our scope to meet the energy needs of any project. 

Energy Services

• Integrative Design Consulting 
• Building Simulation + Analysis 
  • Energy analysis 
  • Operational Carbon emissions analysis 
  • Thermal comfort modeling 
  • Natural ventilation analysis 
  • Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) 
• Energy Code Compliance 
  • Prescriptive path guidance 
  • Envelope assembly thermal performance coordination 
  • Envelope component performance (aka- “UA”) Calculations 
  • Performance based (energy modeling) compliance 
  • Expertise with multiple codes – IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, Title 24 
• Sustainability/Green Building Protocols 
  • LEED  
  • Living Building Challenge 
  • Passive House  
  • Built Green 
  • Zero Energy/Carbon, Net-Zero 
• Municipal and Utility Incentive Work 
  • Utility incentive procurement 
  • Municipal specific programs, such as: 
    • Seattle Green Building Standard 
    • Seattle Living Building Pilot Program 
    • City of Bellevue Downtown and BelRed Incentives 
    • City of Portland, Energy Efficient Building Requirements for Planned Development Bonuses 
• Affordable housing support 
  • Rushing is an approved energy modeling consultant for the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) 
  • Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) support 
  • Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard (ESDS) support 
• Existing Building Energy Performance  
  • Existing building systems energy auditing 
  • Energy Star verification  
  • Clean Building Performance Standard  
  • Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard 
  • Existing Building Decarbonization planning 
  • Retro-Commissioning