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Manufacturers are touting some interesting new BAS technology developments on their websites.

The Owner’s Project Requirements document (OPR) is a commissioning industry standard.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Detroit lost 60% of its population from 1950 to 2010. However, in the last two years, something has shifted.

Southwest of Capitol Hill, and within an easy walk to the Jefferson Memorial, is a new seven-building, mixed-use urban center called Waterfront Station, located on 1100 and 1101 4th Street SW.

Chillers have always been a popular choice to air condition large commercial buildings that are, by their nature, energy intensive.

Dedicated outdoor air systems (DOAS) have been available for over 20 years, with the primary benefit being the ability to decouple outdoor air tempering from conditioned space thermal loads that can be handled by separate, secondary systems.

Retrofit projects are opportunities to renew the life of a building and the utilities within that building.

Older BAS are typically replaced when BAS controllers and/or operator interface (the “brains”) are at the end of their useful life.

Over the past two months, this column has focused on the building owner’s role in obtaining meaningful and timely training on new equipment and systems installed as part of major capital projects. O&M training is one of the most challenging parts of the commissioning process to do well.