Continuous Commissioning (CCSM) is an ongoing process to resolve operating problems, improve comfort, optimize energy use, and identify retrofits for existing commercial and institutional buildings and central plant facilities. CC focuses on optimizing/improving overall system control and operations for the building as it is currently utilized and on meeting existing facility needs. Innovative optimal engineering solutions are developed using engineering-based model analysis integrated with scientific field measurement. Integrated approaches are used to implement these solutions to ensure practical local and global system optimization and to ensure persistence of the improved operational schedules. Implementation of the CC process has typically decreased building energy consumption by 20% in well over 100 large buildings where it has been implemented. This paper presents the CC process, the primary CC techniques and measures, and a case study.
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Continuous CommissioningSM of Building Energy Systems
Mingsheng Liu,
Mingsheng Liu
Energy Systems Laboratory, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 68182
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David E. Claridge,
David E. Claridge
Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University
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W. D. Turner
W. D. Turner
Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University
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Mingsheng Liu
Energy Systems Laboratory, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 68182
David E. Claridge
Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University
W. D. Turner
Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University
Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the ASME Solar Energy Division, December 2002; final revision March 2003. Associate Editor: A. Reddy.
J. Sol. Energy Eng. Aug 2003, 125(3): 275-281 (7 pages)
Published Online: August 4, 2003
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December 1, 2002
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March 1, 2003
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August 4, 2003
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Liu, M., Claridge , D. E., and Turner, W. D. (August 4, 2003). "Continuous CommissioningSM of Building Energy Systems ." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2003; 125(3): 275–281. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1592538
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