FRESCo

About

FRESCo is one of Canada’s leading engineering and consulting firms on the application of retrofit solutions for residential and commercial buildings. Our retrofit engineering services includes – energy assessments, energy benchmarking, feasibility studies, electrical engineering, mechanical design, full building retrofit solutions, developing the retrofit business case (identifying and supporting access to incentives, tax credits, and financing), tendering, implementation support, commissioning and post installation verification and quality assurance. Our policy and program management services includes research, retrofit program design and delivery, seminal works on retrofit installation practices, and the development of best practice guides and contractor training.

Highlights

FRESCo, in collaboration with LandlordBC, had developed and delivered the Rental Apartment Retrofit Accelerator Program

FRESCO has produced key documents provincial stakeholders on electrical planning for multi-unit residential buildings to support EV charging and heat pump installations

Services

  • Assessments
    • Audits
    • Modelling & simulation
  • Commissioning & operations
    • Building operation handover & training
    • Commissioning
    • Measurement & GHG verification
  • Design, engineering
    • Building systems design
    • Electrical engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
  • Feasibility
    • Business case
    • Carbon offsets
    • Life cycle & capital planning
    • Renewables
    • Utility analysis
  • Financing & grant support
    • Financing
    • Grants
    • Tax credits
  • Procurement, project delivery
    • Procurement & contracts
    • Project management

Service area

  • Central Alberta
  • Northern Alberta
  • Southern Alberta
  • Western Canada

Building types

  • Commercial
  • Hospitals
  • Multi-unit residential
  • Municipalities
  • Universities & Schools

Project delivery experience

  • Design-bid-build
  • Design-build
  • Integrated project delivery
  • Progressive design-build

Typical project value

$1 million – $10 million, $10.1 million – $20 million