Goldman Copeland Associates (GCA) is a full service MEP consulting engineering firm. We have been providing engineering and design services to private sector clients and government agencies from our New York City office since 1968. Our services range from feasibility studies and condition surveys to detail design, technical assistance during construction, start-up assistance, and commissioning.  Our highly qualified staff of engineering and support personnel enables us to serve our clients efficiently and professionally with hands on principal involvement for each project. 

GCA is a member of the US Green Building Council (USGBC).  We are experienced in sustainable design elements as developed by the USGBC for LEED certification.  We bring to all our assignments consciousness of energy efficiency and knowledge of the latest building construction technologies appropriate to each project.

Charles Copeland took part recently in two panel discussions at URBAN GREEN Expo:

The Good, the Bad and the Transformative; retrofitting strategies for existing commercial buildings.  Charlie reviewed the ongoing testing GCA is performing in a Class A high rise commercial office building in Midtown, measuring actual cooling and heating savings from reducing excess outside air through both demand control ventilation and replacing aging outside air dampers. These two relatively inexpensive retrofits could save significant energy cost and minimize the discharge of millions of tons of CO2.

The Multi Facets of Multifamily; exploring green principles in low income housing.  Charlie reviewed what has and has not worked in the past, with an emphasis on cost-effective opportunities going forward. Goldman Copeland Associates (GCA) is engineering two projects for Common Ground; the Lee Residence in lower Manhattan on Houston Street and Hegeman Residence in Brooklyn.  Common Ground provides sustainable housing support for those most in need.

The GCA energy group has recently completed or is currently working on a broad range of other energy sustainability studies for clients such as NYU Medical Center, Vornado, Hackensack University Medical Center, Stahl Realty, and Honeywell Energy Systems.  GCA has also provided thermal designs for several of the earliest NYC office building CHP (combined heat and power) projects, including 717 Fifth Ave (reciprocating engines), 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 666 Fifth Avenue and Marriott Financial Center (micro-turbines), as well as consulting services on other CHP plant feasibility studies including One Penn Plaza, Hunts Point, 330 Madison, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, etc.  CHP can double the utilization of source energy compared to electric generation from a central utility significantly reducing fossil fuel consumption.

The firm also assisted Con Edison in developing a strategy and control algorithm to reduce winter peak steam demand in their underground steam piping system by utilizing stored thermal energy in existing building hot water systems.

We are also pleased to have provided pro bono services to help the Park Slope Food Coop achieve US EPA Energy Star certification.  It is the first grocery store in Brooklyn to receive this award, ranking in the top 10% of all grocery stores in the country for energy performance.

For information on the 2009 Urban Green Expo, visit: http://www.urbangreenexpo.com/