Working at Summer Consultants has been an invaluable experience for me. Over the course of several weeks, I have had the benefit of working on five separate projects, each with their own unique assignments. My work ranged from area takeoffs on Bluebeam, to load calcs on Trace, pressure drop calculations in Excel, and drafting in… Read More

My experience at Summer Consultants over these last 3 months has been very enlightening for me in terms of skills and professionalism. I began my internship working on two barracks buildings at a military base in Maryland. The scope was to remove the existing HVAC system and replace it with a fan coil unit (FCU)… Read More

Collaboration, family, and fun. These are the words I would use to describe the 2022 Summer Summit. People came from offices all the way out in Raleigh, NC, Norfolk, VA, and Newark, DE, to the main headquarters here in McLean, VA. It took an incredible amount of coordination and planning from all parties involved to… Read More

After working from home throughout the height of the pandemic, I’ve realized the flexibility remote work gives and have become grateful for it. Once you get used to the perks, they’re hard to give up. Luckily, the hybrid work environment has become commonplace in today’s world and at Summer Consultants. For many people, working from… Read More

Mechanical load calculations require the designer to consider many sources of space heat loads including heat introduced by walls, windows, occupants, lighting, and miscellaneous equipment. In my opinion, miscellaneous equipment presents the most challenging task in quantifying load. Many loads found in a typical office space renovation are tabulated in the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals,… Read More