ECSE provides specialized engineering services related to environmental regulatory compliance issues and ENERGY STAR® benchmarking, audits and certifications. Decades of experience provide seasoned perspectives to assist clients with understanding of the regulatory requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), state environmental agencies and with developing compliance strategies for environmental matters.
ENERGY STAR® Services
ECSE has been designated by USEPA as a Most Active ENERGY STAR® Service and Product Provider (SPP) partner. Additionally, ECSE’s Managing Member has also been recognized by USEPA as a Most Active Licensed Professional due to the number of buildings which he benchmarks and certifies yearly under the ENERGY STAR® program.
As a Most Active SPP, ECSE has proven ENERGY STAR experience and a demonstrated track record of having provided superior services to its clients through the ENERGY STAR program in the past 12 months. ECSE provides energy conservation metrics by using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager’s web services to deliver 1 – 100 ENERGY STAR scores and energy use metrics as part of our energy information tools and services.
ECSE provides the following services:
- Auditing data for ENERGY STAR® building label requirements
- Certifying qualified buildings for the ENERGY STAR® label
- Providing assessments and analysis of ENERGY STAR® building efficiency data
- Developing building energy efficiency strategies
- Providing training to building management and professional staff for implementation of ENERGY STAR® programs
- Developing benchmarking programs for real estate portfolios
Technical and Regulatory Analysis and Regulatory Compliance Assistance
ECSE’s staff has decades of professional environmental engineering experience in regulatory matters at the national and international level. Regulatory areas of environmental compliance expertise include the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, aka, Superfund); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
ECSE provides services to:
- Conduct environmental compliance inspections
- Assist clients with understanding regulatory requirements
- Review permits and develop site specific compliance programs
- Review government “notice letters” or compliance orders and develop responses and compliance strategies
- Assess government penalty calculations
- Provide engineering, technical and regulatory assessments of government environmental compliance allegations
- Assist with enforcement negotiations during federal and state regulatory agency enforcement actions
- Assist clients and counsel with development of litigation strategies
- Provide technical and scientific review of expert witness depositions and testimony
