Benefits of Building Commissioning :
- Improve building performance by saving energy and reducing operational costs
- Identify and resolve building system operation, control and maintenance problems
- Reduce or eliminate occupant complaints and increase tenant satisfaction
- Improve indoor environmental comfort and quality and reduce associated liability
- Document system operation
- Identify the O&M staff training needs and provide such training
- Minimize operational risk and increase asset value
- Extend equipment life-cycle
- Ensure the persistence of improvements over the building’s life
- Assist in achieving LEED for Existing Buildings
- Improve the building’s ENERGY STAR rating
- Improves air quality
- Improves occupant productivity
- Improves equipment life
- Improves comfort
- Improves maintainability
- Improves facility staff preparedness
- Improves energy performance
Sets clear measurable goals for everyone:
- Verifies goals are being met throughout the design and construction phases
- Establishes accountability
- Changes the way people perform
- Allows designers and contractors to measure success as well as deficiency
Identifies issues & corrects deficiencies:
- Design errors
- Failed equipment
- Improper installation
- Poorly tuned controls / improper sequences
Quality Process:
- Prevents problems
- Designers focus on owner needs
- correct design issues early in design
- improves specifications & design documents
- reduces RFI’s & change orders
Contractors focus on quality work:
- improves submittal process
- timely delivery of O&M materials
- catch errors at the start of installation
- test finished work to verify operability
- creates team atmosphere and accountability
Nova Commissioning Services Ltd.
1439 Youville Dr. Unit 18A
Orleans, Ontario. Canada K1C 4M8
Phone: 613.830.6656 Fax: 613.824.1070