IDeAs V2.0 – IDeAs Consulting Inc. reopened in September of 2020. Our vision is to continue to develop innovative cutting edge concepts for electrical systems that lead the building industry to more sustainable, zero carbon buildings. We work to design buildings that are cost effective, yet are healthier, are more comfortable and better for the environment. Our experience includes commercial, civic, educational and multifamily residential projects. Our services and areas of deep green electrical expertise are listed under services.
Impact – David Kaneda founded IDeAs as Integrated Design Associates, Inc. in June of 1999, as the green building movement took off and quickly developed a reputation for designing innovative, sustainable, electrical systems in an industry that traditionally values conservative, low risk, tried and true methods. Our team developed many of the electrical systems for America’s break through, deep green and net zero energy buildings. Our focus is providing leadership in moving our industry toward a more sustainable future to maximize our impact. In 2011 the firm joined Integral Group, a rapidly growing MEP firm focused on deep green engineering, but during the Covid pandemic in 2020, reopened as IDeAs Consulting with a renewed focus on developing industry leading, deep green electrical systems for buildings including areas such as all-electric net zero energy designs, campus scale resilience and PV/battery microgrids, existing building electrification, fleet electrification and V2G/V2B studies, electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells and off grid electrical systems.
Collaboration – IDeAs collaborates regularly with leading green mechanical and energy modeling innovators including Point Energy Innovations, Ecotope, Alter Consulting Engineers and Redwood Energy to design next generation, high performance buildings. We can work as an individual firm or can form an MEP team under a single contract. We also collaborate regularly with leading sustainable building related organizations including: the New Buildings Institute and Prospect Silicon Valley.