Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 1, 2016

(Chicago) –Utilivate Technologies, LLC (Utilivate) announced today that it has moved its headquarters to Downtown Chicago and field office to South Holland, Illinois.

Engineering services will be conducted at its new Downtown Chicago location at 150 North Michigan Ave, Suite 2800.  Education & Training and contractor services will be housed within a 9,000 square foot facility located at 540 West Armory Drive in South Holland, Illinois.  The field office is strategically located near a network of expressways allowing ready access to both its training and contractor services customers. 

Utilivate’s new corporate phone number is 312.291.4649.

Marlon McClinton, President & CEO of Utilivate Technologies, stated, “Our new downtown location for engineering services is centrally to our most important customers and easily accessible by commuter trains and other modes of public transportation.  Our new location allows Utilivate to retain and attract the most talented energy engineering staff located throughout Northern Illinois.  McClinton added, “Our new field office extends the reach and capabilities of our education and training and contractor service offerings.”

                                                 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 20, 2015

(Chicago) –Utilivate Technologies, LLC (Utilivate) announced today that it proudly completed pro-bono energy benchmarking verification services to help qualifying organizations, with demonstrated financial need, comply with the recently enacted Chicago Energy Benchmarking ordinance.

In September 2013, the City of Chicago adopted the ordinance to raise the awareness of energy performance with the hopes to identify practical energy and cost savings opportunities.  The ordinance supports a key element of Sustainable Chicago 2015, a three-year action agenda to make Chicago "...more livable, competitive, and sustainable."

The ordinance calls on existing municipal, commercial buildings between 50,000 and 250,000 square feet, and residential buildings 250,000 square feet or larger to track whole-building energy usage, verify data accuracy, and report information to the City of Chicago by August 1, 2015.

To ensure that data verification is not a barrier to ordinance compliance, a coalition of Chicago professional organizations is offering pro-bono data verification to qualifying buildings with demonstrated financial need.   Utilivate Technologies, an approved Chicago Energy Benchmarking Service Provider, is working directly with U.S. Green Building Council Illinois Chapter (USGBC – IL) and other groups to identify qualifying organizations and perform its pro-bono verification services.

Walter Roberson, Energy Engineer, is spearheading Utilivate’s energy benchmarking and verification service.  Roberson stated, “We are excited to offer this pro-bono service to targeted organizations to help eliminate cost as a barrier to compliance with the Chicago Energy Benchmarking ordinance.”  Marlon McClinton, President & CEO of Utilivate Technologies, added, “Our team of credentialed energy management professionals, including licensed professional engineers, stands ready to help all commercial and residential building owners and managers implement a cost-effective, streamlined process to full compliance with the Chicago Energy Benchmarking ordinance.” 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 28, 2013

(Chicago) –Utilivate Technologies, LLC (Utilivate) announced today that Walter Roberson, Senior Project Manager passed the rigorous Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP) exam administered by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). By passing this exam, Walter demonstrated his mastery of the building commissioning process.

The building commissioning process includes documenting owner project requirements and developing, coordinating, and implementing design, construction/retrofit, verification testing, and operating plans for the facility.  Building commissioning is becoming increasingly important in Illinois and throughout the United States.  For example, in New York City, all buildings over 50,000 square feet are required to perform retro-commissioning of systems; the AEE Certified Building Commissioning Professional credential is an approved retro-commissioning certification. 

Walter Roberson, Senior Project Manager of Utilivate Technologies, stated, “I am very pleased to have successfully passed this rigorous exam which confirms my expertise in building commissioning and retro-commissioning.” Marlon McClinton, President & CEO, added “Walter’s credentials strengthens Utilivate’s core competency in building commissioning; and, our broader energy efficiency & conservation service offerings. We are truly proud of Walter’s success.”