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Four Years of On-Going Commissioning in CTEC-Varennes Building with a BEMS Assisted CX Tool
Abstract
The development of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) offers new opportunities to automate some
aspects of commissioning. Reduction of process cost and manual effort on site, transformation of a one time
application to a continuous process generating benefits over the entire life of a building, development of a detail
systematic approach to improve quality assurance process and integration of energy audit capabilities to improve the
overall performance of buildings are some of them.
This paper presents the four years result of an on-going commissioning project performed in the CANMET Energy
Technology Centre - Varennes (CETC-V) building that has generated 35 % reduction in the energy used. An ongoing
BEMS assisted commissioning tool, DABO, developed under IEA Annex 40 by the Canadian team has
largely contributed in the verification and optimisation of the performance of the building.
Subject
CommissioningOn-going commissioning
HVAC
Fault Detection and Diagnosis
Building energy management system
Citation
Choiniere, D.; (2004). Four Years of On-Going Commissioning in CTEC-Varennes Building with a BEMS Assisted CX Tool. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /5043.