The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Upcoming dates (2)
Fee
- $1,095
-
Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, course materials.
Discounts
Enroll in both D391 The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings and D385 Fundamentals of HVAC and pay only $2290.
ID
RA00752-D391
Credits
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14
Schedule
- 3/17/2025 08:00am - 05:00pm
- 3/18/2025 08:00am - 03:00pm
Instructors
Robert Austin, Ian McIntosh
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
Once you have accessed the online course, exam and/or materials, no cancellations or refunds are permitted.
Course Overview
Are you looking to improve the performance and comfort of your buildings? Learn how to apply the principles of the commissioning process (CxP) to existing buildings to improve productivity, indoor air quality, maintainability, operability, and energy efficiency.
Who Should Attend?
- Building owners and developers
- Facility managers
- Commissioning authorities
- Federal project managers
- Architects
- Engineers
- Construction managers
- Project managers and planners
- Building operation and maintenance staff
- Contractors
Additional Information
This course is one of the specialized-topic offerings designed to complement The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects course. Completion of this course, in combination with The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects, fulfills the education/training requirements of the UW Commissioning Provider certifications.
This course has been approved for 14 LU | HSW AIA credits.
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
Instructors
Robert Austin
Robert Austin, Associate Vice President, Dewberry, holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and has specialized in Existing Building Commissioning over his entire career. His resume includes execution and management of Existing Building Commissioning projects on a national scale, spanning nearly every vertical market sector. He is an expert in field assessments, controls troubleshooting, energy analysis, measurement and verification, and automated fault detection and diagnostics. He is a member of the Building Commissioning Association.
Ian McIntosh
Dr. Ian McIntosh, PhD, CxM, is a program director for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Office of Interdisciplinary Professional Programs (InterPro). He joined the InterPro Facilities and Building Systems team in December 2020 after being a frequent lecturer and course developer for the previous 20 years. His responsibilities include teaching, directing and business development for commissioning certification courses related to project management, existing buildings, and building enclosures. He is also the owner and founder of ianTEACH LLC, which provides innovative and strategic performance-based training and coaching to engineers, architects, construction and facilities management professionals in various sectors of the national building industry.
He is an Accredited Commissioning Process Manager (CxM) with over twenty years of dedicated experience in Total Building Commissioning (a quality process) and has managed numerous energy, commissioning, retro-commissioning, and LEED® commissioning projects throughout the nation. As a Commissioning Provider and Mechanical Engineer, Dr. McIntosh has prepared and led several Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) workshops, written and integrated numerous commissioning specifications, co-invented and implemented electronic bar-coded checklists, system manuals and tracked owner cost savings. He has also executed hands-on in-depth field work, performed functional performance testing of complex HVAC systems/subsystems and coordinated full-scale operation & maintenance (O&M) and user training programs.
Ian holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY) and earned his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Solar Energy Lab at UW-Madison. He and his wife of 18 years like to spend quality time with their four children.
The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Location: Online
Course #: RA00752-D391
Fee: $1,095
Fee
- $1,095
-
Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, course materials.
Discounts
Enroll in both D391 The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings and D385 Fundamentals of HVAC and pay only $2290.
Credits
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14
Schedule
- 3/17/2025 08:00am - 05:00pm
- 3/18/2025 08:00am - 03:00pm
Instructors
Robert Austin, Ian McIntosh
Location
This is an online course.
Cancellation Policy
Once you have accessed the online course, exam and/or materials, no cancellations or refunds are permitted.
The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Location: Madison, WI
Course #: RA00752-D582
Fee: $1,095
Fee
- $1,095
-
Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, course materials.
Discounts
Enroll in both D582 The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings and D581 The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects and pay only $2295.
Credits
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14
Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
5/15/2025 7:30am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 5/15/2025 8:00am - 5:00pm Central Time
- 5/16/2025 8:00am - 3:00pm Central Time
Instructors
Robert Austin, Ian McIntosh
Location
Accommodations
Room: rates start at $189
Reserve by: Apr. 20, 2025
Accommodations include: Complimentary WiFi and Local/Airport Shuttle. Parking available $15/night.
Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend, please notify us by no later than one week before your course begins, and we will refund your fee. Because this course has limited enrollment, cancellation received after this date and no-shows are subject to the full course fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Course #: RA00752The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Date: Thu. May 02, 2024 – Fri. May 03, 2024ID: RA00752-D059
Fee:
- $995
- Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, course materials.
Enroll in this course and The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects (D058) and pay only $2195.
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14
The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Date: Mon. March 18, 2024 – Tue. March 19, 2024ID: RA00752-D061
Fee:
- $995
-
Fee covers live online course instruction and materials.
Enroll in both D061 The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings and C994 Fundamentals of HVAC and pay only $2080.
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14
The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Date: Thu. May 04, 2023 – Fri. May 05, 2023ID: RA00752-C807
Fee:
- $995
- Fee covers morning and afternoon breaks, scheduled lunches, course materials.
Enroll in this course and C806 (The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects) and pay only $2195.
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14
The Commissioning Process for Existing Buildings
Date: Wed. February 01, 2023 – Thu. February 02, 2023ID: RA00752-C805
Fee:
- $995
-
Fee covers live online course instruction and materials.
Enroll in this course (C805) and C802 (The Commissioning Process for Delivering Quality Constructed Projects) and pay only $2195.
- CEU: 1.4
- PDH: 14
- LU/HSW: 14