Commissioning Elements of LEED

The Commissioning Process

Presenter -

Gilad Mail, PE, LEED AP

September 25, 2013

About Glumac

Dick Glumac

Company Founder

Established San Francisco office in 1971

Locations: San Francisco, Silicon Valley,

Sacramento, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas,

Los Angeles, Irvine, and Shanghai

300+ Employees | Over 100 LEED AP’s

30 Commissioning Agents

Dedicated Mission Critical Department

SERVICES

Commissioning | Mechanical | Electrical |

Plumbing | Sustainable Design | Energy

Modeling | BIM, Revit, CFD Technology

Integration | Lighting Design

Agenda/Objectives

What is Mission Critical

Commissioning Process

Five Levels of Commissioning

Commissioning Tools

Mission Critical

Mission Critical

24 x 7 Operation

Impact to critical business operations

Potential for large economic losses

Potential for large disruption to customer or services

Types of Mission Critical Facilities

Data Centers

Central Plants

Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Biomedical Research and Development

Medical Facilities

Industrial Process Facilities

Why Commissioning

Occupant Comfort

Verify design intent achieved

Confirmation of equipment & system operation

Energy Efficiency

Verify inter-system operation: Elec – Mech – BMS

Verify ability to distribute power and cooling

Control automatic systems and controls

Verify component failure and system Fault Tolerance

Verify Failure Modes

PUE

Commissioning - Design Phase

Design Review Submittal Review

Develop

Commissioning

Specifications

Develop DRAFT

Commissioning

Plan

Review

BOD/OPR

Commissioning

Kick off Meeting

Construction and Start-up Phase

Equipment

Start-up

Commissioning

Kick-Off

Meeting

Submittal

Review

GC / Contractor

Progress

Meetings

Final

SU & Cx

Schedule

Controls

Pt to Pt &

Programming

Commissioning

Progress

Meetings

Site

Observations

Preliminary O&M

Manuals

Final Functional

Test Procedures

Equipment

Checklists

Training Review

Construction

Complete

Commissioning and Validation Phase

Project

Close - out

Functional

Testing (L4)

Integrated

Systems

Testing (L5)

O&M

Manuals

Warranty

Information

Owner

Occupancy

Operations

Maintenance

(O&M) Training

Issues

Resolution

Log

Substantial

Completion

Post Occupancy/Warranty Phase

Seasonal

Testing

10-Month

Warranty

Meeting

Systems

Manual

Final Cx Report

Level 1 Commissioning

Level 1

Submittal Review

Factory Witness Testing

Level 2 Commissioning

Level 2

Equipment Installation

Pre Start-up Check-list

Level 3 Commissioning

Level 3

Component Start-up

Installation Verification

Level 4 Commissioning

Level 4

Systems Interface Testing

Functional Performance Testing

Level 5 Commissioning

Level 5

Integrated System Testing

Level 5 Commissioning

Post L5

Client Facilities Training

O&M

Close-out, final documentation

LEED certification

Commissioning Elements of LEED

• OPR – BOD Review

• PEER Reviews

• Commissioning Specification

• Commissioning Plan

• Issue Test Scripts

• Commissioning Meetings

• Develop an Issues Log

• Perform Level 4, 5 Test Scripts

• Final Documentation and

Training Reviews

• Upload to GBC Website

• Issue Final Reports

• Warranty Review

Commissioning Tools - Cx Plan

• Defined Roles and Responsibilities

• Systems Commissioned

• Commissioning Process

• Commissioning Schedule

• Expectations for pre-functional,

functional and integration testing

Commissioning Tools - Scheduling

Commissioning Tools - Tracking Spreadsheets

Commissioning Tools – Functional Procedures

Commissioning Tools - Cx Issues Log