The document outlines best practices and guidelines for commissioning better buildings, focusing on project management, design, construction, and occupancy. It highlights the roles of key professionals in the building workforce, such as energy auditors, commissioning professionals, energy managers, and building operations professionals. The content emphasizes the importance of improving quality and consistency in commercial building workforce credentials to enhance energy performance and operational efficiency.

1. Commissioning for Better
Buildings
Nicholas A. Chazapis
Commissioning Consultant

2. Better Buildings
• Better Project Management
• Better Design
• Better Construction
• Better Occupancy
• Better Renovation
• Better Reconstruction

3. Better Buildings
• Project Management:
– Owner’s Requirements
– Feasibility study
– Appoint Architects and Engineers
– Certification Environmental Credit Bodies.

4. Better Buildings
• A/E Design:
– Building Program
– Basis of Design
– Applications Engineering

5. Better Buildings
• Building Construction:
– Specifications
– Time schedule
– Costs

6. Better Buildings
• Building Occupancy:
– Seasonal Tests
– Occupants Questionnaire
– Complaints Analysis.

7. Better Buildings
• Building Renovation:
– New innovative automatic controls
– Internet of Things
– Continuous Commissioning

8. Better Buildings
• Building Reconstruction:
– As built drawings updated for years.
– Assets / Equipment Maintenance Archive.
– Operations and Maintenance Costs Archive.

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Buildings
Useful Colors of Project Management

10. Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines
• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the
National Institute of Building Sciences
(Institute) through its Commercial Workforce
Credentialing Council (CWCC) have worked
with industry stakeholders to develop
voluntary national guidelines aimed at
improving the quality and consistency of
commercial building workforce credentials for
four key energy-related jobs.

11. Better Buildings Workforce (BBWG)
• The Commercial Building Energy Auditor is an
energy solutions professional who assesses
building systems and site conditions; analyzes
and evaluates equipment and energy usage;
and recommends strategies to optimize
building resource utilization

12. Better Buildings Workforce (BBWG)
• The Building Commissioning (Cx) Professional
is an individual who leads, plans, coordinates
and manages a commissioning team to
implement commissioning processes in new
and existing buildings.

13. Better Buildings Workforce (BBWG)
• An Energy Manager is responsible for
managing and continually improving energy
performance in commercial buildings by
establishing and maintaining an energy
program management system that supports
the mission and goals of the organization.

14. Better Buildings Workforce (BBWG)
• The Building Operations Professional manages
the maintenance and operation of building
systems and installed equipment, and
performs general maintenance to maintain
the building's operability, optimize building
performance, and ensure the comfort,
productivity and safety of the building
occupants.

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Buildings
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