SYMBIOS
eco-tecture + design + build
Property Planning
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SYMBIOS offers a range of services designed to make properties and their associated development ‘eco-smart’.
BUILT PROPERTIES
Whole-property Infrastructure Audits
We conduct on-site audits of your existing property’s resources, features and buildings. We evaluate and assess the best strategies to employ and to re-model the property towards energy independence.
Audit report example:
- How to maximize solar income for energy production
(passive & active systems)
- How to best integrate independent energy systems (all types).
- Reassess existing water treatment systems – wells or springs.
- Assess rainwater-harvesting potential.
- Evaluate greywater system potential.
- Determine the effective energy conservation improvements to employ, i.e. insulation or weather-stripping measures.
- Evaluate existing HVAC equipment for improvements.
NOTE: Audits are reimbursable on the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP)
Independent Energy System Plans
We examine the opportunities available within developed properties. This re-visioning process allows owners to up-grade older properties with new green energy technologies to become energy independent. We specify and engineer the best-integrated system to meet the required energy demands of the property. We know that the greatest efficiency typically comes from combining several systems to create a cost-effective and high-performance based system.
NOTE: Energy system plans are reimbursable on the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP)
Installations
The most effective results come from complete follow-through from design to installation. SYMBIOS, in conjunction with professional associates, can manage the project through to completion.
Consultations
For clients with limited budgets, we offer cost-effective consultation sessions.
UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES
Whole property infrastructure planning
At SYMBIOS, we conduct extensive studies of your property’s resources and features. Then we evaluate the best area for siting, roads, buildings energy systems, water features, etc. With this information, we establish the best green infrastructure strategies of today when planning out for tomorrow.
- Placement of building to maximize solar
income
- Siting of road or driveways to minimize
environmental impacts
- Best positioning for independent energy
systems
- Water development systems– wells and
springs
- Farming vs. wildlands
- Water harvesting potential
- Scaled site plans and mapping
- Code research and documentation
Energy Design and Plans
At SYMBIOS, we know the best and most effective green technology systems on the market today. We specialize in capturing the benefits of one system and increasing its utilization by incorporating it with another system.We can design, specify and engineer any one or integrate multiple systems into your project.
Energy production systems
- Solar electrical (PV) 
- Wind Power
- Geo-thermal
- Bio-fuels
- Solar water heating
- Hydronic heating & cooling
- Solar hydrogen
Integrated Engineering
When developing an unimproved property, there is a need to involve numerous licensed professional engineers to produce a full construction document set. SYMBIOS will coordinate, direct and assemble the calculations/reports from our engineering associates into an integrated whole. The collaborative process culminates in a planning document set ready for governmental approval and project permitting.
- Civil
- Structural
- Septic
- Mechanical
- Electrical
- Solar
- Energy Management
- Site surveyor
- LEED consultant
Green Infrastructure Design & Build
SYMBIOS specializes in state–of-the-art environmentally sound infrastructure systems. We can design, engineer and install any one or integrate multiple systems into your project.
Biotechnologies
- Natural swimming ponds – non-chemical
- Indoor green walls –air filtration
- Living roofs - storm-water management
- Water system treatment - non-chemical
- Waste systems – bio-filtration
