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Ideally, all nonresidential buildings would be commissioned, and the team would start at the onset of the project. Because that's not always the case, commissioning authorities and experts offer codes and standards advice on building projects in various stages of commissioning, recommissioning, or retro-commissioning.
Respondents
Mark A. Gelfo, PE, LEED Fellow, GGP, CxA, EMP, Principal/Vice President, TLC Engineering for Architecture, Jacksonville, Fla.
James I. Givens, CxA, EMP, Division Manager, Field Services, RMF Engineering Inc., Baltimore
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Jim Huber, CEM, CDSM, CMVP, LEED AP, NEBB CP, President, Complete Commissioning, Annapolis, Md.
Brian Lindstrom, PE, DCEP, National Director of Commissioning, Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo.
Paul Meyer, PE, CBCP, LEED AP, CEM, GBE, Senior Vice President, WSP, New York City
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CSE: Please explain some of the international codes, standards, and guidelines you use as you commission buildings or systems.
Huber: I have never been a believer in guidelines; these documents are seen as suggestions of what should be done versus a requirement in a standard. ASHRAE Standard 202: Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems [https://www.ashrae.org/resources--publications/bookstore/commissioning-essentials] was a big step in the right direction, and NEBB's procedural standard for technical commissioning and procedural standard for technical retro-commissioning have always guided our work.
Meyer: There are many standards and guidelines for the commissioning process. The granddaddy of these is ASHRAE Guideline 0: The Commissioning Process [https://www.ashrae.org/resources--publications/bookstore/commissioning-essentials]. ASHRAE changed ASHRAE 202 to a standard in 2013. This will allow the commissioning process to be code. Many other groups have commissioning standards such as the balancing organizations, including Associated Air Balance Council and NEBB, and the U.S. General Services Administration. There are also specialized guidelines such as National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Guideline 3-2006 [https://www.wbdg.org/ccb/NIBS/nibs_gl3.pdf]...