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Continuous Commissioning of a LEED-EB Gold Certified Office Building
Abstract
A 320,000 square foot Class A high-rise office building in Nashville, TN achieved LEED-EB Gold Certification. LEED-EB version 2.0 was utilized, which requires Retro-Commissioning (RCx) as a prerequisite for certification. SSRCx performed the RCx services during the LEED-EB performance period, and was contracted after building certification to utilize the Continuous Commissioning® (CC®) process to seek additional energy savings. The building was constructed in 1999 as a Core and Shell project and build-outs were done through 2001. By January 2008, a single company managed and occupied the facility. This paper describes the RCx process for LEED-EB v2.0 and the CC process after LEED Certification. Findings and implementation strategies for energy savings are presented for both processes.
Subject
Continuous CommissioningRetro-Commissioning
LEED-EB
Outside Air Based Reset
Demand Based Reset
Electric Reheat
Fan-Powered Terminal Boxes
Citation
McCown, P. (2009). Continuous Commissioning of a LEED-EB Gold Certified Office Building. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /90856.