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Key Benefits

  • If completed before final acceptance of a new building, commissioning will greatly reduce contractor call-backs and complaints.
  • If completed after final acceptance, commissioning will provide a valuable guide to the contractor correcting operation problems.
  • Due to contractual disconnects between the a/e team and the building contractor, a gap between design and performance exists. Commissioning bridges that gap to assure fully-functional building systems.

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Commissioning

Building Commissioning is a design and construction review process that assures that all building systems operate properly. Some institutional Owners now require commissioning on all new projects; Fundamental Commissioning is a prerequisite for LEED certification. Commissioning may be applied to all building systems and components but is most often applied to MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) systems. Energy Ace offers independent building commissioning, both Fundamental and Enhanced, to Owners, Architects, and Engineers and we specialize in LEED commissioning. Send for our Commissioning Factsheet and check out our related pages on LEED services.

Fundamental Commissioning involves a review of 95% Construction Documents, the creation of a commissioning spec, installation verification, functional performance testing, development of an Operation and Maintenance Manual, and the provision of training for building operators.

Enhanced Commissioning includes two design reviews, a submittal review, the creation of a recommissioning manual and a 10-month warranty review site visit to catch any problems that may have developed since substantial completion while they are still under warranty.

Retrocommissioning/Recommissioning is an activity that occurs after a building is built. Strictly speaking, recommissioning is a tuneup of buildings that were previously commissioned but have had changes or degradations in operations and retrocommissioning is the commissioning of buildings that were never before commissioned. Texas A&M reports typical energy cost savings of 15-30% and occasional savings of 40% from retrocommissioning.