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Great People + Great Projects: SDSU Imperial Valley's Brawley Science and Engineering Building this week took home the DBIA Western Pacific Region's Design Build Award of Distinction. Congratulations to the project team!

Join us at the 25th Annual USGBC California Green Building Conference in Berkeley, California, on Thursday, May 28, 2026, from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM. Glumac is partnering with California’s Department of General Services on an important effort to develop a decarbonization roadmap for the state’s portfolio of 18,000+ buildings and more than 100 million square feet. This session will share the key factors, processes, and lessons learned behind planning at this scale, along with practical tools attendees can apply to their own decarbonization work. (usgbc-ca.org) If you are looking to better understand how large portfolios can move from ambition to action, this is a session you will not want to miss. #Decarbonization #Sustainability #EnergyPlanning

We're excited to see you all at the USGBC California Green Building Conference at University of California, Berkeley, May 27-28. Our Energy and Sustainability teams will be on hand and presenting. Reach out! We'd love to chat.

In Glumac’s latest market perspective, our Southern Region Portfolio Lead Simon Ubhi shares why projects in the region can no longer treat resilience as a generic add-on. Extreme heat, wildfire smoke, drought, water reliability, grid instability, longer outages, and seismic risk are forcing owners and design teams to define the hazard set early and build resilience into the project’s basic performance goals. The article also makes an important point: resilience is more than backup power. It can include passive survivability, layered outage strategies, smoke-season operations, recoverability-focused MEP design, and owner training. Just as important, the business case has to account for the cost of consequences, not just the first cost of the resilience measure. For Southern California owners and project teams, the takeaway is clear. The best resilience strategies are multidisciplinary, operational, and tied to real-world risks from day one. Check out the full link in the comments. #Resilience #SouthernCalifornia #HighPerformanceBuildings

We're excited to be at SCUP on May 28 to discuss how complex campus infrastructure can become a pathway to decarbonization. At University of Southern California, six distributed steam plants, six chilled water plants, and more than 80 buildings are part of a highly interconnected utility system. This session will explore how the university is studying flexible pathways to transition toward low-temperature hot water, integrate upgrades with capital projects, and maximize heat recovery through a new nodal plant concept. Glumac’s Brian Stern and David Park will share insights on how to balance technical complexity, financial uncertainty, and urban constraints while moving a major campus closer to carbon neutrality. You’ll learn how to: • Integrate resilience and capacity planning into early-phase utility upgrade concepts • Design phased decarbonization strategies for distributed steam systems • Apply heat recovery and nodal plant thinking to reduce carbon • Develop flexible implementation pathways that align with capital sequencing and financial realities AIA LU/HSW and AICP CM credit available. #Sustainability #Decarbonization #EnergyInfrastructure

Some fascinating research on sustainable data center design by Glumac's Michael Weller in the most recent issue of Tetra Tech's Tetraverse. As data center growth accelerates across Texas, driven by hyperscale demand and the search for available power, the industry needs better ways to understand local water and energy impacts. Michael and Ken Nichols explore hourly water and power demand modeling for theoretical sites in Houston and El Paso, showing how climate and cooling strategy can dramatically change consumption patterns. The findings are clear: nationwide annual averages are not enough. Water use varies significantly by hour and season, and cooling system selection has a major effect on demand. That means more detailed modeling is essential for infrastructure planning, local impact analysis, and identifying more sustainable design options. This paper highlights the importance of: • Hourly water and power modeling • Climate-specific design considerations • Cooling system selection and evaporative impact • Better tools for infrastructure and sustainability planning Direct link is in the comments.

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Glumac’s Design-Build Lead, Jenna Baker, will be speaking at the DBIA-WPR 2026 Education Summit in Scottsdale, AZ. Join us for “Choosing your Design-Build Partners to Maximize Collaboration and Innovation.” In progressive design-build, selecting the right team is the most important decision. This session explores how owners can choose partners who truly collaborate, and what builders and designers look for in teammates who can help innovate, program, design, and deliver a client’s vision. Time: Tuesday, May 19, 2026, from 8:45 AM to 10:00 AM PT. We’re excited to share the stage with Susan O’Connell of AC Martin, Monica Amalfitano of Swinerton, Lamia Porter of Sundt, and Jenna Baker of Glumac. If you’re attending the summit, this is a great conversation to catch on how the right partnerships drive better outcomes.

In our latest Q&A, Senior Distributed Energy Resources engineer Nick Pedersen shares why on-site power, battery storage, solar PV, fuel cells, and microgrids are becoming essential as grid instability, extreme weather, and operational risk continue to grow. He also makes a compelling case that resilience is not just a technical choice, but a business decision tied to continuity, safety, and long-term value. Nick discusses why the conversation has to move beyond first cost and toward the cost of consequences, especially for hospitals, schools, data centers, and other critical facilities. He also explains why buildings should be viewed as part of a larger community ecosystem, and why distributed energy is increasingly part of the resilience strategy owners need to consider. As part of Tetra Tech, Glumac brings these conversations to clients across markets, helping owners connect building design with energy strategy, operational performance, and resilience planning. Full link is in the comments. #Resilience #DistributedEnergy #Glumac

How do you commission liquid-cooled AI data centers when the technology, thermal loads, and cleanliness requirements are all changing at once? We sat down with Cx expert John M. Herboth, PE, CCP, CxA, BET-CP to discuss what mission-critical teams need to know as direct-to-chip liquid cooling scales rapidly alongside AI-driven demand. John brings nearly 20 years of commissioning experience across the U.S., with technical leadership in central utility plant hydronic systems, fire life safety special inspections, enclosure commissioning, and direct-to-chip liquid-cooled systems. He also emphasizes that the industry is still learning how to align utilities, building systems, materials, and equipment around these new GPU-driven loads. As part of Tetra Tech, Glumac is helping deliver data center solutions for global clients through integrated consulting, engineering, energy, cooling, and water optimization services. That combination of local expertise and global reach is exactly what clients need as liquid cooling, resiliency, and speed-to-market become table stakes. Read the Q&A and hear John’s perspective on commissioning challenges, practical lessons learned, and where the industry is heading next. https://lnkd.in/giSmJAXZ #DataCenters #LiquidCooling #AIInfrastructure