SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
Asset Classes
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Offices
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Enclosed Shopping Centres
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Open Air Retail
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Light Industrial
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Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
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Health Care Facilities
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Universal
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Focus Area
Energy and Carbon
Topic
O&M Optimization
Question #
E6.1 — Retro-commissioning Investigation
Question
Has an Existing Building Commissioning, Recommissioning or Retro-Commissioning Investigation or Operational Optimization Study been completed in the last five years?
Applicability
Applicable to Office, Healthcare, Enclosed Shopping Centre, Universal and Multi-Unit Residential buildings
Answer
Yes or No
Description
Existing building commissioning (EBCx) is an intensive process that tests, verifies and adjusts the operation of systems and equipment to optimize performance. This can be accomplished through periodic commissioning or operational optimization assessment and implementation by qualified professionals or on a continuous basis through automated fault detection and diagnostics (FDD). Commissioning will result in cost savings, energy reduction and carbon reduction.
Requirements
The Retro-commissioning Investigation or Optimization Study must include:
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- Documentation, detailed site review and interviews with building O&M staff
- A review of the building automation system
- Preparing for and conducting system functional testing
- Sources of performance problems
- Energy conservation and/or carbon reduction measures with costing, simple payback and anticipated savings
- A demonstration that the investigation methodology applied is similar to the BCA’s commissioning best practices (see Other Notes)
Documentation
- Existing Building Commissioning Investigation or Operational Optimization Study
Adapted BB3 Question
Question 01.03.06 — Are the equipment and energy systems regularly re- or retro-commissioned?
Suggested Lead
Third-party
References
Crosswalk
TBD
Other Notes
The commissioning methodology should at least align with the Building Commissioning Association (BCA)’s Existing Building Commissioning Best Practices in Chapter 3 — Investigation Phase
Scoring
3 Points