Articles Tagged with ''commissioning''

The National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) has released the Procedural Standard for Whole Building Systems Technical Commissioning for New Construction, 2014 - Fourth Edition.

GreenPath Energy Solutions, which provides services to reduce commercial building energy consumption, announced it will play a key role in Orange County’s Green Initiative to make buildings more energy efficient and sustainable.

A newly published standard focused on the commissioning process, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 202, Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems, identifies the minimum acceptable commissioning process for buildings and systems.

Demand for the services of commissioning professionals is rising and will continue to rise into the near future, according to a survey by PECI and the Building Commissioning Association (BCA).

ASHRAE has announced that a proposed guideline developed to establish a uniform procedure for transmitting design, construction, testing, and operational information to building owners and operators is open for public comment.

Educational sessions at the 35th World Energy Engineering Congress, held Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, covered a broad range of energy-related topics. Two of particular interest to the HVAC industry included energy management and building commissioning.

Decision makers at healthcare facilities worldwide identified energy management as critically important in a 2012 study. What was discovered in the study and what does it mean for contractors? 

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) announced it has added to its commissioning guidance with a new guideline on commissioning for smoke control systems.

Each owner who has spent millions of dollars on a new or refurbished building has every right to expect that the mechanical systems will keep tenants comfortable, while delivering every Btu and saving every kilowatt-hour possible. Commissioning agents make sure it really does happen that way.