Projects

RE-1 School District marks UCS’ first time as a full-service contractor including engineering, programming, and installation. Providing integration at all the schools in the district as well as full system replacement at Sterling High School, UCS is eager to provide an updated system complete with district wide analytics to serve the faculty and students for years to come.

Helping to upgrade the Town of Nederland Community Library is a project that not only helps the building itself, but the whole town! UCS provided the library with cutting-edge upgrades to their system to minimize energy waste while maximizing air quality. Installing new VAV controllers, a new Air Handling Unit (AHU), an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV), and incorporating NiagaraMods Reflow and KODE Labs advanced software platforms empowers the mountain town library to take control of their energy usage, and optimize their systems, maximizing their energy efficiency, and lowering their costs without sacrificing their comfort.

UCS was invited to perform the programming work as well as assist as technical support to other aspects of the project Edgecore is an advanced system being the second of its kind in the United States.

Utilizing Phoenix Contact JACEs to monitor two redundant systems simultaneously, the Edgecore system will provide a fully redundant chiller control system on a large scale with zero single points of failure. This combined with an expedited timeline to suit the customer’s immediate needs is proving a welcome challenge that UCS is excited to take part in.

Universal Controls had the opportunity to perform the controls installation for Micron Technologies’ new facility in Longmont, Colorado.

A combination of comfort cooling application and high-end data center work, the Micron Facility challenged our team with new experiences relating to integration with a series of chilled water supplied In Row Coolers (IRCs) on a large scale allowing us to hone our best practices for large scale data communication installations.

Serving as an installing contractor once again at the Biodesix facility in Louisville, Colorado UCS was still able to apply its technical capabilities with the complex design of this project.

Utilizing a venturi valve system with BACnet to Modbus integration these valves allowed for tight control of lab pressures and air circulation creating a high-level lab environment for the Biodesix team. Working on this project Universal Controls was able to challenge and grow the technical capabilities of its installation team to complement its technical team.

Leveraging our expertise in building automation and control systems, UCS is proud to play a key role in maintaining the pristine conditions required for NREL’s clean room in this expansion project. The state-of-the-art clean room is a cornerstone of NREL’s groundbreaking solar energy research, offering a precisely controlled environment to test and develop their technologies by managing humidity, particulates, and critical processes.

Our team integrated Honeywell’s Midas Hydrogen Gas Monitors, the perfect fit for advanced gas detection. These innovative monitors have an easy-to-understand interface and deliver real-time gas level alerts, seamlessly connecting to alarms to ensure NREL’s researchers have absolute confidence in their safety and gas levels. This project reflects our dedication to advancing renewable energy through strategic partnerships and cutting-edge solutions.

As the installation contractor at the University Hills Hotel in Boulder, Colorado the UCS team has become intimately familiar with the control Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems with over 200 terminal units supplied by two dozen condensing units.

This project was a challenge for the UCS team with regular design changes with ever changing scope and timelines, as a result our team has grown very capable in working in a high intensity environment while still providing a quality product.

One of UCS’s first large projects, the work at the new Bureau of Land Management building at the Denver Federal Center was the first opportunity for UCS to leverage our technical capability to provide programming and commissioning support in addition to our installation services.

We were able to apply our abilities to meet the high standards of operation of GSA and in the process were able to add several of these standards to our own practices for future customers.

Our project for Foothills Gateway, Inc. was a significant controls upgrade, working as a subcontractor for The Jamar Company. This project involved a comprehensive conversion of seven built-up air handlers from DDC pneumatic control to full DDC, transitioning from Lon Talk to BACnet IP with ABB Building Automation & Controls. Previously, the building systems were running extremely inefficiently, and unevenly, however, now with UCS’s controls upgrades, the space is much more cohesive! UCS has provided tighter air handler control with optimal start stop scheduling, boiler controllers with outside air lock outs and heating loop demand resets with feedback from the space, all working together to optimize the building.

Universal Controls Solution is thrilled to collaborate with Peachtree Infrastructure on the Ashley Furniture Energy Project, bringing state-of-the-art energy management systems to their Tallahassee and Columbus facilities. Our primary goal is to optimize energy usage, slash operational costs, and maintain occupant comfort—all while delivering proven energy savings. This project showcases our ability to deliver measurable, verifiable reductions in energy consumption. By integrating Honeywell Optimizer Advanced controllers with Kode Labs analytics platform, we’ve built a system that goes beyond basic management of thermostats and lighting relays. This solution ensures that energy savings are tracked, validated, and optimized in real time. With Kode Labs analytics, we can confidently say that the savings we achieve are not hypothetical—they are proven through data.