— Building Automation
Controls. For the building you actually have.
Schneider, Johnson Controls, Argus — installed natively or on Niagara, whichever fits. Pneumatic and Andover migrations. Laboratory pressurization and grow-room control. Service contracts on systems we didn't install (and would not have installed). Forty years inside the panels means you don't get the platform our vendor rep is pushing this quarter. You get what your building needs.
— Capabilities
What we actually do in BAS.
Nine tracks — from Schneider EcoStruxure and Powered by Niagara to cultivation controls, access control, and legacy migrations. All in-house. Not subcontracted.
Schneider platforms & cloud hosting
EcoStruxure Building Operation, native Schneider. Powered by Niagara, open framework with Schneider hardware. Neeve cloud layer for browser-based remote access, no VPN. EcoXpert certified across the stack.
JCI Facility Explorer
Johnson Controls hardware running on Niagara. Authorized Systems Integrator credential. Where it fits, it fits cleanly.
Argus — Cultivation HVAC & Controls
Controlled environment agriculture. Cannabis, greenhouses, vertical farms, research. Argus platform paired with in-house mechanical — both trades under one crew. See our full capabilities
Access Control — Access Expert / Security Expert
Adjacent to BAS on the same Schneider platform. Access Expert (cloud) or Security Expert (on-prem). Integrated with EBO so cards and doors sit alongside HVAC in the operator view. See our access control work
Legacy migrations & vendor-neutral integration
Pneumatic-to-DDC. TAC Xenta. I/A Series. Andover Continuum. LonWorks-to-BACnet. Plus vendor-neutral Niagara integration for multi-vendor buildings — one shared language to hold the whole thing together. See our migration playbook
Laboratory + critical environments
Fume hoods, VAV labs, room pressure cascade, BSL containment, fast-response venturi valves. Most commercial BAS firms cannot credibly compete here. We can.
— Certified Partners
The platforms we install.
Schneider Electric
EcoXpert certified. Multi-product Schneider partner — building automation, access control, and security on one platform.
JCI Facility Explorer
Authorized Systems Integrator. Johnson Controls hardware on the open Niagara framework.
Argus Controls
Controlled environment agriculture. Greenhouses, grow operations, research facilities, vertical farms.
— Adjacent capability
Access control. Same platform.
Schneider EcoStruxure Access Expert (cloud) and Security Expert (on-premises) run on the same backbone as the BAS. One certified Schneider partner. One dashboard. One data flow. Card readers, door controllers, mobile credentials, visitor management — installed, configured, integrated.
HID is our primary credential platform. Both Schneider products are open by design — they integrate with Aiphone, Bosch, Axis, and most other access and surveillance brands. You are not locked into a single ecosystem.
Cloud or on-premises — you pick the deployment.
— Open Framework Integration
The framework underneath most of it.
When the building is a mix of vendors — and most are — Niagara is the shared language that ties it together. EcoStruxure EBO when that's the right call. Powered by Niagara when an open front-end matters. Vendor-neutral Niagara integration when the building is everything at once.
No vendor lock-in. The system the building needs, not the system locked into our certifications. For the record: Athena holds formal Tridium Niagara certification, alongside Schneider EcoXpert, JCI Facility Explorer ASI, and Argus. Manufacturer-trained across all of it.
— Legacy Migrations
Modernize the head-end. Keep the wiring.
You do not have to rewire the building to modernize the BAS. Twisted-pair migration controllers bridge the legacy field bus to BACnet IP, so the head-end gets a new front-end — Schneider EcoStruxure or Niagara — while the existing field wiring keeps doing its job.
Schneider Electric systems are backwards compatible to their legacy lines. TAC Xenta. I/A Series. Andover Continuum. Pneumatic conversion to DDC. The migration path to EcoStruxure Building Operation is documented. The migration path to Niagara is documented. You do not have to rip and replace.
For the record: we sell these phased. Most owners cannot absorb a full BAS replacement in one capital cycle. We do not ask them to.
Twisted-pair migration controllers bridge legacy field bus to BACnet IP — no rewiring required.
— Phased pathway
Budgeted in pieces. Operational throughout.
Most legacy modernizations move through four phases. Each phase has its own ROI, can stand alone in a capital cycle, and the building keeps running the whole time. We have sequenced this across institutional clients, public agencies, and private owners.
01
Head-end
New EBO or Niagara front-end software. Existing field hardware keeps running. Smallest capital. Biggest visibility change.
02
Network controllers
Twisted-pair migration controllers bridge the legacy field bus to BACnet IP. Rolled out building by building, floor by floor.
03
Field controllers
Zone, AHU, and VAV controllers swap to current Schneider or Niagara hardware. Existing wiring stays in place.
04
Field devices
Sensors and actuators replaced where they need refresh. Some last decades. We replace what is worn — not what works.
— Cloud + Remote Access
Access the building without a VPN.
Traditional BAS remote access starts with a VPN client, an IT ticket, and a jump box someone forgot to update. That's not the answer anymore. We deploy Neeve — a zero-trust cloud platform for building systems — where the front-end is a browser tab and the security posture is one IT will actually approve.
Three pieces, one subscription. Browser-based remote access from anywhere. BMS cloud hosting so the server isn't aging out in a mechanical room. Edge intelligence for analytics and fault detection, running in the same secure envelope as the BAS. Niagara 4 supported natively — plus any Windows or Linux-based BMS: EcoStruxure Building Operation, Facility Explorer, Niagara.
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, NIST-aligned, third-party pen-tested. For the record — we run it on our own building first before we recommend it to yours.
— Cultivation HVAC & Controls
Grow-room controls. With the mechanical to back them.
Cultivation HVAC + Controls — both trades, one crew.
Argus is the platform when the room has to do more than be comfortable. Light recipes. CO2 enrichment. Vapor pressure deficit. Irrigation scheduling tied to nutrient delivery. Sensor arrays that read transpiration loads in real time, not on a 15-minute poll.
A working grow room is a mechanical engineering problem before it is a controls problem. Most controls integrators skip that part. Dehumidification sizing, light-heat coupling, HVAC capacity under load — if the mechanical design is wrong, the most sophisticated controls in the world won't save the crop.
Athena does both. The mechanical and the controls. From the same people. The combination is uncommon — most controls integrators don't self-perform mechanical, and most mechanical contractors don't carry Argus certification. We do.
— Critical Environments
Where pressure control isn't optional.
Laboratory pressurization fails in seconds, not minutes. A fume hood sash opens. A room offset drifts. An exhaust fan trips on a faulty VFD. The control loop has to respond before the next breath an occupant takes.
This is specialty work. Variable air volume lab control. Phoenix-style venturi valves. Real-time room pressure measurement with redundant sensors. Pressure cascade design across whole suites. Fume hood face velocity targets that hold while the building's central exhaust is fighting for static pressure.
We have done this in water-quality labs, university research, sample-handling facilities. The flagship is the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Water Quality Laboratory — active pressurization across the building, sample integrity under regulatory audit, redundancy on the loops that matter most.
— After turnover
We stay with the building.
A BAS is only as good as the team running it a year in. Training, remote support, response when something's off — the service side of our practice is why owners keep the number.
Operator training
On-site and remote. New-user orientation through advanced system modifications. Four hours of remote training are bundled with our maintenance contracts — unless the site prefers otherwise.
Client portal + ticket tracker
Every service client gets a portal with tickets, history, and a library of building-specific how-tos. Sometimes a five-minute Loom video solves the problem — and for maintenance clients, that's on us.
Response you can plan against
Two-hour response during business hours. Next business day after hours. On-site and remote coverage both.
Service & maintenance contracts
Multi-year agreements bundling scheduled visits, remote hours, and time-and-materials work. Software upgrades, ticket-tracker access, remote hosting via Neeve, and hand-off training all live inside the contract.
— Recent thinking
From our BAS team.
Building Automation
Access Expert or Security Expert? A field guide to Schneider’s two access control products (and who should install them)
Read moreBuilding Automation
Cloud-managed BMS, explained — what Neeve actually does.
Read moreBuilding Automation
Twisted-pair adapters, compared — the open T1L standard vs. Schneider’s free topology.
Read more— Other expertise
Explore the rest of what we do.
— Mechanical
Mechanical
HVAC and piping, self-performed. The original Athena trade — still in our own hands forty years on.
Read more— General Contracting
General Contracting
Tenant improvements, modernizations, and public-sector work where mechanical and controls are the heart of the job.
Read more— Security & Access
Security & Access Control
Schneider Access Expert and Security Expert. Card readers, mobile credentials, integrated with the BAS you already trust.
Read more— Service & Maintenance
Service & Maintenance
Multi-year contracts covering BAS and mechanical — scheduled visits, T&M, software upgrades, remote hosting, and the client portal that keeps your team ahead of the system.
Read more— Public sector
OMNIA Partners cooperative purchasing.
Public agencies procuring building automation, controls, security, or access work can buy through Schneider Electric's OMNIA Partners cooperative purchasing agreement — no separate RFP, no bid cycle.
Three active contracts, all sourced by Region 4 Education Service Center (Texas):
- Facility Technology Integration & Security System Services — R220703
- Energy Solutions — R221504
- Building Management Services — 2023003495
Athena delivers as a Schneider EcoXpert. Same crew, same platform, one procurement pathway.
Eligible buyers: non-federal government agencies (municipalities, K-12, higher-ed, transit, utilities, state departments) and non-profit organizations.
— Next step
Want to talk through your building?
Service request, new project, recommissioning, migration off legacy — whatever it is, the form goes straight to our service team. Not a queue.
