How Athena Engineering designed and built a custom VRF retrofit for the Ebell of Los Angeles — a 1927 historic theater featured in LG’s national case study. LG Multi V 5, Schneider EcoStruxure controls, Zigbee sensors, and the largest LG AHU project in North America at the time.
IP controllers aren’t new anymore — they’re the default. But the why still matters, especially if you’re writing a spec, planning a retrofit, or wondering whether the aging system in your building needs to be replaced.
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Schneider EcoStruxure and JCI Facility Explorer. Migrations off pneumatics, LON, and legacy controls — plus new construction.
See capabilities →HVAC and piping, self-performed. The original Athena trade — still in our own hands forty years on.
See capabilities →Tenant improvements, modernizations, and public-sector work where the mechanical and controls scope is the heart of the job.
See capabilities →1984. A garage. A $5,000 tax refund. And forty years of self-performing HVAC and controls in San Dimas.
Read the story →The family business in cartoon form. The people who pick up the phone — and what they're thinking about lately.
Meet the crew →Careers, internships, and trade partners. The people we welcome in — and what working here actually looks like.
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