Commissioning
CALGreen
and
Energy Code
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Learning Objectives
What is CALGreen commissioning
What is CEC commissioning
What are the mandatory measures for
commissioning?
How does commissioning interact with the other
parts of the CBSC (CCR Title 24)?
Are there different levels of commissioning?
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Learning Objectives cont’d.
What are the tasks for the building official?
Can the commissioning sections be amended?
How does commissioning relate to 3rd Party
Green Building rating systems?
What is the impact of commissioning on local
Green Building ordinances?
What is new for the 2013 code?
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Discussion of Enforcement Issues
What works and what doesn’t
What needs to change?
What is missing?
Contractor, Designer, Inspector
How do we get compliance?
What does the future hold?
Is commissioning a fad?
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Define commissioning?
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Commissioning is the process of ensuring that systems
are designed, installed, functionally tested, and
capable of being operated and maintained according to
the owner’s operational needs.
A quality focused process for enhancing the delivery of
a project. The process focuses upon verifying and
documenting that the facility and all of its systems and
assemblies are planned, designed, installed, tested,
operated, and maintained to meet the Owner's Project
Requirements.
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Define commissioning?
Sweden 1628
120.8 Building Commissioning
CA – Commissioning Agent
Contractor
Design Team:
Draft Cx
Plan
Cx
Plan
Architect, MEP,
& Irrigation
Systems
Manual
Cx Design
Verification
Functional
Performance
Testing
(BOD)
Basis of
Design
Document
(OPR)
Owner’s
Project
Requirements
Document
Concept /
Planning
Schematic
Design
Design
Development
Cx
Report
Cx
Specs
Construction
Documents
Pre-Functional
Checklists
Construction
Operations
Staff
Training
Start-up
/ Test &
Balance
90%
Const.
Building Permit
Cx CALGreen Section 5.410.2 and CEC Section 120.8
PostOccupancy
Certificate of
Occupancy
Title 24
Third Party
Cx
Part 11
CALGreen
Part 6
CEC
Sec. 5.410.2
Cx
Sec 120.8 Cx
Sec 10-103A
Sec 10-103B
Project
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Who commission’s
buildings under the
new code or
industry
Third Party
Providers
LEED, Build-it-Green,
National Green
Building Standards
Energy code
commissioning
CxA certified by
AC-476, outside org.
or approved by B.O.
Energy code certified
acceptance testing
and certification
State certified
technicians for each
trade
Cx by Third Party-CxA-State Certified
Commissioning
CALGreen and CEC
2010 vs. 2013
CALGreen Sec 5.410.2 Commissioning;
•Move to CEC Section 120.8 (greater than 10,000sq.ft.)
•Systems exempt from 120.8
•Renewable energy systems
•Landscape irrigation systems
•Water reuse systems
CEC Sec 120.8
•Energy consuming sys
•Forms per Sec 12 ACM
CEC Sec 10-103A
CEC Sec 10-103B
•Acceptance Testing
•Forms per Sec 13 ACM
Non-residential
Commissioning
2013 CEC
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CEC Commissioning
2013Building Energy Efficiency Standards
• Section 141.0
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Commissioning Acronyms
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Cx: commissioning
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CxA: commissioning agent
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BOD: Basis of Design
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FPT: Functional Performance Test
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O&M: Operation and Maintenance
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OPR: Owner’s Project Requirement
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TAB: Testing and Balancing
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ATTCP: Acceptance Test Technician Certified Provider
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2013 CEC CxA
CxA criteria
•Technical knowledge
•Relevant experience
•Potential conflict of interest concerns
•Professional certifications and training
•Communication and organizational
skills
•Reference and sample work products
A point person
Maybe a third party
Project references
AC-476
Section 10-103
Non- Residential;
•
Before permit is issued
•Certificate of Compliance (CF-1R-PRF-01)
•Design review kickoff (N)
•Construction document design review checklist (N)
•Document Review HVAC Complex (N)
•Design Review Signature Page (N)
•
After permit/prior to certificate of occupancy
•Certificate of installation
•Certificate of acceptance
•Certificate of field verification and diagnostic testing
•Operation, maintenance, and ventilation information to be
provided by builder
Section 10-103
New
Documents
due during
construction
Documents due
at plan check
submittal
New
Section 10-103
New Non-Residential Standards
 Construction Design Review Checklist Certificate of
Compliance
 Signed by licensed professional
 Less than 10,000sq.ft./engineered of record
 10,000sq.ft. to 50,000sq.ft licensed professional
engineer not associated with the project
 Greater than 50,000sq.ft. licensed professional
engineer shall be a third party
 Complex mechanical systems in buildings greater
than 10,000sq.ft. /third party
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Commissioning/Building
Department
Before permit is issued
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Plan check submittal documents
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Format for submittal
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Obligations
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State requirements
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State filings
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At plan check submittal
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Cx Requirements
Summary
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OPR: owners project requirements
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BOD: basis of design
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Design phase review
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Commissioning measures (same as const.docs)
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Commissioning plan
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Functional performance testing
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Documentation and training

Commissioning report
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Building Department
Cx policies
Building department involvement
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Staff expertise
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Size of project
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Complexity of systems
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CxA experience

Contractors experience

Design team experience
Title 24
Third Party
Cx
Part 11
CALGreen
Part 6
CEC
Sec. 5.410.2
Cx
Sec 120.8 Cx
Sec 10-103A
Sec 10-103B
Project
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Energy Code
Built in Commissioning
Process
Certificate Acceptance
Program
Section 10-103
Non- Residential;
•
Before permit is issued
•Certificate of Compliance (CF-1R)
•Design review kickoff (N)
•Construction document design review checklist (N)
•Document Review HVAC Complex (N)
•Design Review Signature Page (N)
•
After permit/prior to certificate of occupancy
•Certificate of installation
•Certificate of acceptance
•Certificate of field verification and diagnostic testing
•Operation, maintenance, and ventilation information to be
provided by builder
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Acceptance criteria
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Acceptance criteria
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Acceptance Testing and Certification
When required
•New construction or retrofit
•New equipment and systems
•Check test forms for exceptions
• Completed form submitted prior to C of O is issued
Enforcing agency
•Shall not issue a final C of O
•Building Official has the authority to require the field technician to
demonstrate competence knowledge
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5 pages of compliance forms
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Acceptance Requirements
Plan review
•Plans and specifications to be reviewed by
•Installing contractor
•Engineer of record
•Owner’s agent
•Or person responsible for certificate of acceptance
•Test list conforms to acceptance requirements
•In reviewing the plans the designer will be noting;
•Systems that will require acceptance test
•Parties responsible for performing the tests
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Compliance Process
Certificate of Compliance
Certificate of Installation
Certificate of Acceptance
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CALGreen
Commissioning
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2013 CALGreen Cx
CALGreen Commissioning
CALGreen Sec 5.410.2 Commissioning;
•Move to CEC Section 120.8 (greater than
10,000sq.ft.)
•Systems exempt from 120.8
•Renewable energy systems
•Landscape irrigation systems
•Water reuse systems
•These are CALGreen Cx systems
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2013 CALGreen Cx
CALGreen CxA criteria
•Technical knowledge
•Relevant experience
•Potential conflict of interest concerns
•Professional certifications and training
•Communication and organizational
skills
•Reference and sample work products
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2013 CALGreen Cx
CALGreen Cx elements
•OPR
•BOD
•Commissioning Plan
•Documentation and training
•Functional Performance Testing
•Documentation and Training
•System Operation Training
•Commissioning Report
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CALGreen vs. Energy Code
CALGreen Cx elements
CEC Cx elements
•OPR
• OPR: owners project requirements
•BOD
• BOD: basis of design
•Commissioning Plan
• Design phase review
•Documentation and training
• Commissioning measures (in construction
documents)
•Functional Performance Testing
•Documentation and Training
•System Operation Training
•Commissioning Report
• Commissioning plan
• Functional performance testing
• Documentation and training
• Commissioning report
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www.energy.ca.gov/title24/standards/index.html
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