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It is the mandate of their professional
engineers to make sure they design an effi-
cient building. Lifecycle costing is becom-
ing a key element of sustainable energy sys-
tems design, and applies to everything they
do. “Sustainability and green initiatives are
more important than ever to our clients, and
it’s part of our craft to make sure we do that
well,” Halpenny says.
“We get involved in a lot of the standards
that are used in our practices for healthcare
and electrical codes, and we use our knowl-
edge to make sure those codes allow people
to design in energy-efficient ways,” he adds.
IT INNOVATIONS
At HH Angus and Associates Limited, their
Technology Division engineers systems to
provide continuous service and near-zero
probability of failure, delivering innovative
and dependable technology solutions wher-
ever complete system reliability is needed.
This includes such highly-serviced buildings
such as hydro control facilities, data centres,
laboratory and research buildings, telecom-
munications systems, transit systems, and
others. “Ten years ago, no one was designing
buildings with wireless systems, and now it’s
just a matter of fact. But we were thinking
