, with headquarters in Golden, Colorado, is a consulting company created to provide solutions to improve the economic, social, and environmental performance of buildings from initial design to construction to operation. Our goal is to help make new and existing buildings more sustainable, energy efficient, and renewably powered.

ambient energy staff has a combined total of more than 70 years of experience specializing in energy efficiency, renewable energy, green materials, and sustainable design services. We have provided sustainable design solutions to many buildings including offices, laboratories, courthouses, educational facilities, visitor’s centers, multi-family residential, industrial sites, and remote sites.

We make new and existing facilities operate efficiently with cost-effective strategies by performing energy audits, energy modeling, and life cycle cost analysis. We evaluate feasibility and design renewable and distributed energy systems such as photovoltaics, solar hot water, passive solar, transpired solar collectors, wind, fuel cells, and micro-turbines. We also help to create sustainable buildings by conducting sustainable design charrettes and using LEED^™ rating systems, Green Globes, CHPS, Energy Star benchmarking, and others. We also recommend green material strategies to reduce the impact of the selection of building materials on the environment. We identify ways to reduce the impact of buildings on the environment and be more cost-effective.

ambient energy is certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, a Women Owned Small Business Enterprise (WOSBE) by the Federal Government, a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) by the City of Denver and State of Colorado.

ambient energy staff was recently on the board of directors for the Colorado Renewable Energy Society, the Colorado Chapter of the US Green Building Council and the Industrial Advisory Board for Metropolitan State College of Denver. Renée Azerbegi, President of ambient energy, was the 2005 President of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society and Andy Walker, Senior Engineer, was the associate editor of the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering for five years.

is also a proud partner of the U.S. EPA Energy Star program, the U.S. Green Building Council, and Rebuild Colorado.