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Design Engineers Mechanical and Electrical Consultants of Cedar Rapids and Madison is pleased to announce its Cedar Rapids offices have achieved Net Zero energy use through on-going efforts in efficiency and sustainable energy use.

Solar power is the last mile of our journey; a long trip that started in 2008 with the design of our building and continues every day.

Opening up an existing higher education space can be tricky. Old systems, new systems, old wiring, new wiring, some walls can go, others have to stay. What you need is a unifying concept. 

Amy Infelt, a mechanical engineer who is a managing principal at Design Engineers in Cedar Rapids, treasure her ability to be a creative problem-solver every day at work. 

The Voxman Music Building receives AIA Seattle’s Highest Honor.

Design Engineers continues to shape our in-house capabilities and teams to match the needs of our clients. 

Design Engineers wins three awards for Excellence in Energy Efficiency from the Iowa AIA in 2017.

System To Provide 100% of Annual Energy Use

AEG’s American Republic Renovation Receives Historic Preservation Award

American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Recognizes University of Iowa Visual Arts Building with Honor Award

Two Iowa City Community School District projects received Alliant Energy’s 2016 Energy Efficient Design Award ICCSD Penn Elementary Addition & Renovation was the first to receive this great award. Penn’s design achieved a 55% kBTU savings compared to the program baseline. Second up was ICCSD New South Elementary School, also known as Alexander Elementary. Alexander’s design […]

Cedar Rapids Public Library Wins First Place Environmental Award Cedar Rapids Public Library was awarded first place in the commercial/civic category of the 2015 best development awards. These awards are presented by a non-profit called 1,000 Friends of Iowa that focuses on responsible land use. The awards are intended to recognize projects that connect development and quality of […]

A Photo of University of Iowa Art Building Replacement Selected As Favorite Among UI Photographers Photographers in the UI Office of Strategic Communication have selected their top 15 favorite photos of 2015, and the Art Building Replacement project was among them! “Campus construction was in full swing in 2015, with many flood-recovery projects starting to […]

American Enterprise Group (AEG) Project Wins National AIA Award The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has chosen the American Enterprise Group (AEG) National Headquarters Renovation Project to receive the 2016 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture.  This is the profession’s highest recognition of works that represent excellence in architecture. The project was among 11 projects selected […]

Mary Louise Petersen Residence Hall, University of Iowa’s newest residence hall, has been featured as an Outstanding Design in the November issue of American School and University Magazine. This is the first new residence hall for the University of Iowa since 1968 and was a great project for us. Check out the article to see some […]

The American Enterprise Group Des Moines Headquarters Renovation Project received an AIA Central States Award for Design Excellence along with an AIA Kansas City Honor Award for Design Excellence. The jury for the awards program included a number of nationally and internationally recognized architects. Congratulations to the entire team on this project! The jury also produced […]

HVAC BIM Technician Karasel Harris participated in Pink Thinks at Northeast Iowa Community College Pink Thinks is an event that introduces girls to non-traditional STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers that are in demand locally and are projected to steadily grow. This event had women leaders in the STEM industries use hands-on activities to teach 7th […]

LD+A Magazine has a great article about the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The article focuses on the rise of the library after the devastation of the flood of 2008. Being a company in Cedar Rapids and having a lot of our families live in Cedar Rapids, this project became a much more personal one and […]

Jared Ramthun Leads Tour of University of Iowa Voxman Music Building On September 2nd, Jared Ramthun lead a tour of the University of Iowa Voxman Music Building construction site for the Iowa Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).  Both Dwight Schumm and Jared spoke about the major energy-efficient strategies used throughout the building […]

Three of Design Engineers’ projects have recently earned Alliant Energy’s “Excellence in Energy Efficient Design Awards.” The West Burlington New Public Works Facility achieved a savings of 51% kBTU based on the program baseline. This ranks fourth in this years kBTU percent savings. The Kirkwood Community College Linn Hall Renovation achieved a savings of 59% […]