G&G Services
Consulting EngineersG&G Services Consulting Engineers is an independent building commissioning and efficiency engineering firm serving throughout New England, based out of Maine.
With four decades of hands-on experience in engineering, troubleshooting, and auditing systems to achieve energy efficiency goals and operational control of energy expenditures, we’re ready to help large and small corporate entities to manage their costs with a full suite of essential commissioning, auditing, and consulting services.
Our Mission
At G&G Services, our mission is to serve our clients with the best quality of advice, assessment, and analysis possible and help reduce their environmental impact with out-of-the-box solutions. We understand that energy efficiency and sustainability practices today impact our climatological future.
With this in mind, we strive to provide objective, neutral, third-party auditing, commissioning, and consulting services to help companies and organizations achieve energy efficiency goals and assess and calibrate their building systems for both cost and environmental savings. After all, in order to make good decisions, you need good information and advice to act upon.
How We Work With Our Clients
We normally work directly with building owners, directors, and/or facility managers to either achieve specific goals or to identify or troubleshoot problems that aren’t well understood. Depending on the scope of the operation and the problems encountered, this can look like a tour of the building, an inspection, and a report, up to a weeks-long analysis and breakdown of mechanical, HVAC and monitoring systems throughout the building.
Regardless of the scope of your need, we can assess, advise, and troubleshoot the problem with an efficiency that only comes with decades of hands-on experience. Above all, we want to be your above-and-beyond “get it done” solution for tough-to-solve problems.
Our Services
Building Commissioning
Building Sustainability Consulting
Energy Efficiency Consultation & Analysis
Energy Management, Mechanical, & HVAC System Calibration & Troubleshooting
Meet Gregg
Gregg is a native of Bangor, Maine, and a graduate of the Maine Maritime Academy. After graduating from the academy with a BS in Marine Engineering, he spent ten years sailing the world as a Merchant Marine Engineer specializing in steam and diesel plant operations.
When he was ready to settle down with his family and find a land job, Gregg used the vast knowledge and experience he gained while shipping as a jumping-off point for the next level of his career.
This new leg of his journey brought him into several new facets of engineering across several industries, including grocery-scale refrigeration, project management, calibration and maintenance of building and energy management systems (HVAC, Lighting, Mechanical, etc.), and building commissioning work. After a 40-year career as an engineer and commissioning professional, Gregg has once again made a transition leveraging his long experience to make New England’s various facilities more efficient and functional.
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Gregg is excellent at brokering relationships between the different levels of the project and the contractors involved and fostering trust between contractors and owners. Gregg prides himself in being an owner’s advocate, representing their interests in all arenas and acting as a trusted advisor.
An exceptional troubleshooter and improviser, Gregg is known for being able to innovate within conventional problems by using a mix of tried and true, and brand-new technologies. His mastery of emerging efficiency technologies has saved hotels, supermarkets, schools, office buildings, and various other facilities across New England money, energy, and headaches.
Gregg is often sought after because of his expansive and deep understanding of multiple control systems and panels in terms of system design, installation, and calibration. He enjoys training and teaching and is frequently called upon to share his extensive knowledge. Gregg is well-known and well-connected throughout the New England energy management industry.
Gregg is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, fishing, skiing, and traveling. Gregg enjoys being active in the Maine community and is especially passionate about land and water conservation. Gregg is an official volunteer of Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, where he participates in water quality monitoring. He is a member of the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust and also a member of the Sebago Clean Waters Coalition.
A Short List of Gregg’s training and certifications
- Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
- Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Auditor (CEA)
- ACG Certified Commissioning Agent (CxA)
- Certified Sustainable Development Professional
- State of Maine First Class Stationary Steam Engineer License
- Proper Refrigerant Practices, EPA Certification
- Member of the AEE (Association of Energy Engineers)
Gregg is a native of Bangor, Maine, and a graduate of the Maine Maritime Academy. After graduating from the academy with a BS in Marine Engineering, he spent ten years sailing the world as a Merchant Marine Engineer specializing in steam and diesel plant operations.
When he was ready to settle down with his family and find a land job, Gregg used the vast knowledge and experience he gained while shipping as a jumping-off point for the next level of his career.
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This new leg of his journey brought him into several new facets of engineering across several industries, including grocery-scale refrigeration, project management, calibration and maintenance of building and energy management systems (HVAC, Lighting, Mechanical, etc.), and building commissioning work. After a 40-year career as an engineer and commissioning professional, Gregg has once again made a transition leveraging his long experience to make New England’s various facilities more efficient and functional.
Gregg is excellent at brokering relationships between the different levels of the project and the contractors involved and fostering trust between contractors and owners. Gregg prides himself in being an owner’s advocate, representing their interests in all arenas and acting as a trusted advisor.
An exceptional troubleshooter and improviser, Gregg is known for being able to innovate within conventional problems by using a mix of tried and true, and brand-new technologies. His mastery of emerging efficiency technologies has saved hotels, supermarkets, schools, office buildings, and various other facilities across New England money, energy, and headaches.
Gregg is often sought after because of his expansive and deep understanding of multiple control systems and panels in terms of system design, installation, and calibration. He enjoys training and teaching and is frequently called upon to share his extensive knowledge. Gregg is well-known and well-connected throughout the New England energy management industry.
Gregg is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, fishing, skiing, and traveling. Gregg enjoys being active in the Maine community and is especially passionate about land and water conservation. Gregg is an official volunteer of Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, where he participates in water quality monitoring. He is a member of the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust and also a member of the Sebago Clean Waters Coalition.
A Short List of Gregg’s training and certifications
- Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
- Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Auditor (CEA)
- ACG Certified Commissioning Agent (CxA)
- Certified Sustainable Development Professional
- State of Maine First Class Stationary Steam Engineer License
- Proper Refrigerant Practices, EPA Certification
- Member of the AEE (Association of Energy Engineers)
Gregg has performed commissioning and related work for:
Services
Building Commissioning
As a certified ACG Commissioning Agent, Gregg Garson is able to provide commissioning services to certify that systems are working as intended and desired or analyze failures and shortcomings to solve problems as they emerge.
THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS Commissioning is a systematic process of verifying that installed systems operate properly in accordance with the design intent and meet the performance goals of the owner and design team set forth in the construction documents and specifications.
A Commissioning Process Overview Can Include:
Pre-Design Phase
Select a commissioning lead
Pre-Design Phase commissioning meeting
Begin developing the Owner's Project Requirements
Develop an initial Commissioning Plan Outline
- Design Phase
- commissioning meeting (If Pre-Design meeting didn't occur)
- Perform commissioning-focused design review
- Update Commissioning Plan
- Develop commissioning requirements for the specification
- Begin planning for verification checklists, functional tests, Systems Manual, and training requirements
- Construction Phase
- kick-off meeting
- Review submittals, monitor development of Shop and Coordination Drawings
- Review 0&M Manuals
- Perform ongoing construction observation
- Perform verification checks
- Perform diagnostic monitoring
- Perform functional testing
- Develop Commissioning Report and Systems Manual
- Verify and review training of owner's staff
- Occupancy and Operations Phase
- Resolve outstanding commissioning issues
- Perform seasonal /deferred testing
- Perform near warranty-end review
Energy Management, Mechanical, & HVAC System Calibration & Troubleshooting
With decades of hands-on experience, G&G Engineering Consultants can be considered a specialist in providing expert assistance with HVAC, mechanical, and energy management building systems. We can help identify and resolve virtually any problems you may be facing in a modern or legacy building.
From installing new systems to troubleshooting and repairing existing ones, with our skills and experience with a wide range of HVAC, mechanical, and energy management building systems, we can do it all. G&G will work closely with you to understand your specific requirements and provide tailored solutions that meet your unique needs and budget.
Whether you need help with a small commercial building or a large industrial facility, we can help with our range of services.
Examples of our capabilities to assist with these systems include:
Investigating anomalies and establishing parameters in HVAC control systems to minimize energy waste.
Creating set point (manual override) oversight to prevent anomalies due to human error.
Updating various outdated technologies, such as control systems, interfaces, and inefficient HVAC and Mechanical systems.
Establishing efficient lighting and HVAC schedules that can be adjusted for specific needs with multiple modes.
Additionally, we can advise on specific maintenance and servicing schedules to keep your systems running smoothly and prevent future issues with both your existing and planned systems. With our help, you can improve the efficiency and performance of your HVAC and mechanical systems, save on energy costs, and reduce the need for costly system failures and repairs. Let us help you ensure that your building is comfortable, safe, and energy-efficient.
Energy Efficiency Consultation & Analysis
If your business or facility is using more energy (electricity, gas oil, or fuel) than usual or in the past, and you haven’t added any equipment or electrical load, something isn’t working correctly. This is where G&G services can come in for an energy efficiency consultation.
This information on its own is, however, of limited value to most building managers and owners. That’s why we offer comprehensive solutions to implement and project oversight and verification to ensure that they’re carried through properly. After all, you don’t just need to know where your problems are, you need to know how to solve them, and that’s at the heart of what we do.
With our experience working with a wide range of industries and many types of facilities, including both new construction and retrofitting systems for older facilities, there are virtually no buildings that we can’t analyze effectively and provide both conventional and novel solutions for.
We can review energy management systems. We will:
Look at
schedules
Set points and overrides
Perform a site inspection
Speak with the facility personnel to discover the problem
Find the
solution
Examples of the types of steps we frequently recommend to deal with energy efficiency and carbon footprint control include:
Smart lighting systems operating on a combination of sensors and schedules to minimize wasted power
Smart systems that can be controlled and monitored remotely–especially if a renovation is already planned
Implementing energy-conserving schedules that let your building’s systems sleep when they’re not needed while ensuring they’re ready to go when you need them
One additional advantage of working with an energy engineer with broad experience going back decades is that we have the capacity to work with your existing systems rather than insisting on the installation of the latest tech where it’s simply not necessary.
Building Sustainability Consulting
The technologies available today to offset energy use, supplemented with renewable energy, and combined with tried-and-true technologies in novel ways are not only missing from many older buildings but are easily overlooked when designing new buildings. With G&G, the novel and generationally improved technologies available today can make a substantial difference not only to the cost of operation today and in the future but to the environmental outcomes we experience as a society.
With this in mind, we offer extensive consulting on sustainable technologies, design, and building practices that can be implemented at any phase of construction, from conceptual beginnings through the lifetime of the structure. From solar and wind renewables to combined heat and power systems and even non-combustive hydrogen fuel cell systems to replace, supplement, or synergize with existing solutions.
Some examples of sustainable technology solutions include
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is a clever method of using the waste heat from generators to heat water for the building.
Photovoltaic Solar Panels to generate electricity
Solar water heating panels
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems to generate electricity
The overall goal is to not only reduce base energy needs with improvements to system design, programming, insulation, and other efficiency-based vectors but also to intelligently supplement and replace existing energy sources with renewables and waste heat already generated. When your whole building is understood as an aggregate system and analyzed as such, the options that open up to solve your energy challenges multiply.
Working With With G&G Engineering
When you call us, we will ask you general and specific questions about the problems you’re experiencing or the project you want to undertake. We will want to know the sorts of systems, controls, management, and monitoring equipment you have in your building and try to get a sense of where problems with design, system integration, or automation might be roadblocks to success.
We will then typically set a time for inspecting the property with full troubleshooting and testing of your systems for solving problems and an eye for design and potential difficulties for developing new projects. This on-site assessment process can take minutes to days, depending on the complexity and size of your property, the systems, and what sorts of problems are occurring.
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Once we have a full understanding of your challenges, we will develop a plan for dealing with them in a holistic way, with a priority on making your systems and automations as efficient and reliable as possible.
In the end, you will have a comprehensive written report documenting our findings, any corrective actions we were able to take, and expert advice on how to solve problems beyond the scope of our services. If any additional contractors are necessary, we will provide oversight and verification of work as needed until the project is completed and your facility is in working order.
Contact Us
You can reach out to us by phone at (207) 332-3445 or using the form below.
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