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Course Outline
Existing Building Commissioning Guidelines
- ASHRAE Guideline 0.2
- BCA and California Commissioning Guidelines
- Comparison to new construction commissioning
- Terminology and key concepts
Overview of Existing Building Commissioning
- Historical benefits and cost
- The EBCx team
- The EBCx process with specific tasks and details
EBCx Process in Action with Case Studies
- Planning phase: key drivers, prep work, and identifying opportunities
- Investigation phase: field testing, energy analysis
- Implementation phase: approaches and best practices
Monitoring Based Commissioning
- What MBCx is and isn't
- How is it different from retro-commissioning and re-commissioning?
- Means of implementing, metrics , and tools
Optimizing Control Strategies to Maximize Commercial Building Energy Savings
- The Building Automation System's role in energy use and energy efficiency
- Identify the right energy saving measures to implement (hint - they are controls-based)
- Steps to optimize energy saving control sequences (and pitfalls to avoid)
Persistence
- Justification for a strong O&M program
- Key elements of an effective O&M program