Company Profile
Enercon, Ltd. (dba Grumman/Butkus Associates)
Company Overview
Founded in 1973, Grumman|Butkus Associates is a nationally recognized firm specializing in sustainable design engineering and energy efficiency consulting. Our award-winning services include facility assessment and analysis, MEP engineering design, commissioning, retro-commissioning, monitoring-based commissioning, and energy efficiency and LEED consulting.
We help clients achieve goals and solve tough problems, with particular expertise in energy-intensive and complex facilities, including healthcare, education, commercial, hospitality, lab/science, multifamily residential, mission critical, goernment, senior living, cultural/religious, sports/recreation, and pharmaceutical/industrial.
From its beginnings 50 years ago as a small energy consulting firm, under the direction of Dave Grumman and Al Butkus, GBA has grown to include more than 150 professionals in four offices, serving clients throughout North America.
Sustainable engineering remains the bedrock of all we do. From building performance assessments and studies, through design, commissioning services, and post-occupancy engineering analytics, GBA has the expertise clients need to create more efficient, economical, environmentally beneficial facilities.
Company History
Enercon Ltd. (dba Grumman|Butkus Associates) was founded as a one-person energy consulting firm in 1973 in Evanston, IL, by Dave Grumman. Co-founder Al Butkus joined the following year. Early clients included Hyatt Hotels, the College of Lake County, Springfield's Lincoln Library, and Mercy Hospital of Chicago.
The firm won its first ASHRAE Illinois award in 1981, for a design project at the College of Lake County. That same year, GBA opened its first branch office, in suburban Milwaukee.
The DBA name Grumman|Butkus Associates was selected by the company in 1982. Seven years later, the headquarters moved to its current location at 820 Davis St., Evanston, IL. A second Wisconsin office, in Madison, was also launched in 1987.
ASHRAE honored the firm with its first first-place Society-level awards in 2003, for two resort projects in Hawaii. In 2009, the GBA-designed Heartland Community College Workforce Development Center was the first building funded by the state of Illinois to achieve LEED certification.
Additional LEED milestones for the firm include the Advocate Lutheran General Patient Care Tower in Park Ridge, IL (Gold, 2010, the first hospital in the Midwest to achieve LEED Gold) and the Radio Flyer Headquarters in Chicago (Platinum, 2013).
GBA opened its New York regional office in 2013, serving a growing demand for commissioning services.
In 2020, Trend Sumo, GBA's in-house fault detection and diagnostics platform, received registered trademark status from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The firm's Energy Sumo dashboard platform followed in 2022.
In 2023, GBA was honored by local electrical utility ComEd with its Energy Service Provider of the Year Award for the utility's Energy Efficiency Program: the latest in a string of utility awards.
The firm celebrated 50 years in business in May 2023.
Notable Clients
Advocate Health, Argonne National Laboratory, Ascension Health, BP, Zoetis, the U.S. General Services Administration, the Museum of Modern Art, Baxter International, Hyatt Hotels, New York University, NorthShore University Health System, Northwestern University, JLL, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois (Chicago and Urbana-Champaign)
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
98% customer satisfaction, 85+ LEED projects, more than 175 awards for engineering excellence at the state, regional, national, and international levels
Benefits
GBA passionately invests in our employees by providing a collaborative, innovative work environment and the opportunity for personal and professional growth to work among the brightest minds in the industry.
We promote a flexible work environment and a focus on our communities and the world around us, all while providing you with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects.
An exceptional benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and health club membership subsidy.
A competitive salary, as well as a year-end bonus based on company profits, individual responsibility, and performance.
Excellent 401k retirement plan with company matching contributions.
Paid time off (sick, vacation, holidays).
Continuing Education is actively supported.
Participation in professional societies and associations, such as SMPS, is encouraged and supported.
Grumman|Butkus Associates is an equal-opportunity employer with a great work atmosphere.