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IMEG\u2019s Lincoln Pearce (above, giving a mechanical system tour for engineering students) explains the building commissioning process and why it\u2019s important in the following Q&A.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What is building commissioning?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0Building commissioning,\u00a0in its most basic sense,\u00a0is a quality assurance process. At the beginning of a project,\u00a0an\u00a0owner\u00a0is going to define the building that they\u00a0need,\u00a0and the commissioning process helps to ensure through design and construction and operation\u00a0that the building that they receive is in fact the building that they set out to build at the beginning of the project.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What does commissioning involve, and when does it occur during a project?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Any time you can avoid an issue or avoid a problem on a project,\u00a0the earlier the better.\u00a0So,\u00a0starting the commissioning process in the design phase of the project helps to avoid issues that may show up later.\u00a0Then you work\u00a0through\u00a0construction\u00a0observations,\u00a0identifying any construction issues or maintenance access issues,\u00a0or equipment installation issues\u00a0that you can resolve before the building becomes occupied.\u00a0And then through functional testing,\u00a0we go\u00a0in and test the systems in the building to ensure that they are operating as intended.\u00a0In\u00a0post-construction,\u00a0you want to watch the operation of the building\u00a0for alarms\u00a0and\u00a0any energy use\u00a0issues and\u00a0ensure that the function of the building is\u00a0matching what was maybe modeled or simulated early in design.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What is\u00a0retro-commissioning?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Retro-commissioning deals with buildings that have already been built and are in operation and may have operational issues,\u00a0comfort issues,\u00a0or\u00a0they may be using more energy than people are expecting them to use.\u00a0So,\u00a0the process of retro commissioning is really going into an existing facility and digging into how it is operating today and confirming through testing or observation if it’s performing and functioning as it was originally intended to.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: Why is commissioning important, and how does it affect an owner\u2019s ROI?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Buildings are becoming more complex as energy codes become more stringent.\u00a0The reality is,\u00a0there’s more equipment in buildings today and more sophisticated equipment than there were several years ago. As a result, you have more sophisticated control sequences and algorithms to control all the equipment that’s in the building and the commissioning process ensures that\u00a0all of\u00a0those systems are performing and controlling as they were intended to.\u00a0If you’ve\u00a0made a decision\u00a0early in design to increase the first cost of your project by including some energy efficiency enhancements, and you don’t go back at the end of the\u00a0project and confirm that those energy efficiency measures and\u00a0enhancements are\u00a0actually performing\u00a0as you intended to provide your return on investment,\u00a0you may be taking a double hit and cost\u00a0\u2013\u00a0a higher first cost and then at the same time higher energy costs for the life of the building.\u00a0The design\u00a0and\u00a0construction process\u00a0is\u00a0maybe three to four years of a building’s life.\u00a0After that there’s another 20,\u00a030,\u00a040,\u00a050 years of operation,\u00a0and if the building isn’t functioning as it was intended,\u00a0you may be incurring additional costs and operations that are unnecessary.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the video version of this Q&A.<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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