What We Do
Our Work
At AME, Principal involvement on each project, from concept through to completion, is paramount to our success and a key element of our corporate philosophy. We value our clients’ trust in our ability to deliver the highest standards in the industry. We seek to create outstanding and innovative designs that continue to surpass expectations, allowing us to remain leaders in our field.
What Our Clients Say
Mechanical Services
AME provides mechanical design services for:
- HVAC Engineering
- Plumbing Engineering
- Fire Protection Engineering
- Control Systems Engineering and Integration
- Mechanical Energy and Sustainability
- Building Optimization and Commissioning
- Owners Advocate / Advisory
Reports/Studies
AME provides reports and studies for the following:
- Building Condition Assessments
- Energy Audits and Retrofits
- Energy and Carbon Incentive Studies
- Energy Incentive Studies
- Feasibility Studies
- Mechanical Life Cycle Studies
- Thermal Comfort Surveys
- Water Conservation Studies
Specialty
The following are a list of systems that require very specific strengths that AME has specialty experience providing:
- Arena Refrigeration Plant and Ice Slab Design
- Aquatic Commissioning
- District Heating, Cooling, and Ambient Loops
- Healthcare Systems
- Medical Laboratories
- Mission Critical Environments, Data Center, Telecommunication
- Natural Ventilation Systems
- Pool Commissioning
- Pool Filtration and Disinfection Design
- Reality Capture (3D Scanning)
- Refrigeration system and Cold Storage Design
- Thermal Storage Systems
Performance Modelling
We provide expertise related to building performance, including whole building energy modelling, thermal comfort analysis, embodied carbon analysis, and Passive House consulting.
New Building Energy Modelling
The AME Performance Team is one of the largest teams providing new building energy modelling services in Western Canada. We are involved in consulting for a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial, institutional, aquatic and recreation facilities. Our team participates in analysis typically to achieve code compliance, green rating system compliance, and incentive program goals. We work closely with the broader AME mechanical design team, exploring mechanical innovations.
AME Compass
To support analysis, AME has developed the Compass tool. The tool allows performance results of energy conservation measures to be compared, such as of the following: window performance, wall and roof assembly thermal performance, HVAC system options and efficiencies, lighting efficiencies, service water heating systems, and renewable energy resources. For each measure of interest, the design team identifies the range of possible scenarios that are to be studied, and each is analyzed. The results can then be reviewed together with respect to metrics such as energy cost, energy consumption, greenhouse gas use, and LEED performance. The Compass tool allows these results to be filtered interactively.
Commissioning
The commissioning process ensures that completed buildings are operating in accordance with the Clients’ goals of a functional and efficient building in new and existing buildings. The following services are provided:
- Commissioning Authority
- Commissioning Agent
- Continuous Commissioning
- Re-Commissioning
- Retro-Commissioning
- Pool Commissioning
Our Approach
AME has experience as the commissioning authority and agent on a variety of project types, including specialty buildings such as laboratories, aquatic facilities and hospitals.
Our team takes a hands-on approach to the commissioning process by being involved with design reviews, equipment start-ups, controls point to point checks, documentation review, troubleshooting. The team is on site regularly reviewing the systems as they are being installed, during the balancing phase and completing testing and verification of the building.
Existing Buildings
AME can provide Retro-Commissioning and Re-Commissioning of existing buildings to optimize the building system operations or even in improving energy efficiency overall.
Building Energy Services
At the Building Energy Service Team (BEST) our purpose is to reduce energy and carbon emissions in the existing built environment. We understand the evolving pressures of emissions penalties, carbon taxes, and Federal/Provincial carbon targets. BEST is here to help our Clients minimize the impact of these pressures while reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and operational costs.
Our extensive design, implementation, and commissioning experience with complex mechanical systems across multiple building sectors allows us to identify and successfully implement practical and highly effective solutions tailored to YOUR building!
Climate & Capital Renewal Roadmap
Leveraging replacement projects is often the most cost-effective approach to achieving substantial energy and carbon reduction in existing buildings. However, condition assessment and capital planning are often carried out independent of energy and carbon planning which can result in missed opportunities. At AME we work alongside our clients to develop a Climate & Capital Renewal Roadmap that integrates wholistic energy and carbon analysis into the condition assessment and capital planning exercise to best leverage operation and maintenance activities, along with end-of-life replacement projects to reduce both operating costs and carbon emissions. Coupled with available capital incentives, this approach succeeds in drastically improving the business case for energy and carbon reduction improvements.
Energy Services
Our extensive design and commissioning experience with complex mechanical systems across multiple building sectors sets us apart from other energy consultants. This experience allows us to identify and successfully implement practical, and high-impact solutions appropriate for each building.Our team also provides the following services for your existing facilities:
- Energy and Water Assessments
- Utility Incentive Studies (Fortis BC, Clean BC, and BC Hydro studies)
- Full-service energy and carbon retrofits
- Building Automation System (BAS) optimization and retrofit
- Functional and Performance Commissioning
- Measurement and Verification
- Climate change adaption studies
- Mechanical system assessments and assistance with capital planning
We are both BC Hydro Alliance Members and approved FortisBC Consultants and have successfully completed a large number of studies to secure capital incentives for our clients.
