Principles of Building Commissioning

Commissioning is coming of age. <p>Savvy building owners have adopted commissioning as an effective way to improve the facility acquisition process. Green building initiatives have embraced commissioning as a way of assuring quality in the delivery of high-performance buildings. This long-established quality control process for building mechanical systems is emerging as a broader construction management tool improving nearly all aspects of a project.</p> <p>What exactly is this thing called commissioning? Principles of Building Commissioning answers this fundamental question with the first all-inclusive, practical guide to the application of the principles of commissioning. The book clarifies the underlying philosophy of commissioning: the why, what, when, and who of this process. Shaped by the ASHRAE Guideline 0 view of the world of commissioning, Building Commissioning:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Maps out the territory of commissioning</p> </li> <li> <p>Outlines its defining characteristics</p> </li> <li> <p>Explains its flow of processes</p> </li> <li> <p>Demystifies its documentation</p> </li> </ul> <p>Making the fundamentals of commissioning accessible to all parties—building owners and operators, architects and engineers, users and suppliers—who may be called upon to join the commissioning team for a particular project, Building Commissioning serves as the professional’s road map to the commissioning process, from the predesign phase through occupancy.</p>