Commissioning High Performance Buildings

摘要

Designing a sustainable, healthy, high performance building does not necessarily result in an actual high performance building. Key elements of a high performance facility can be correctly designed and constructed, but you cannot manage what is not measured.rnThe U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) research suggests that 25% of LEED certified buildings do not save as much energy as their design predicted. There are multiple reasons for this ranging from not clearly documenting the end goal (owner's project requirements) to incorrect energy modeling to uncoordinated design to poor workmanship, to improper operation and maintenance, to contractors exemption requirements in their bids.