Commissioning of a LEED-EB Gold Certified Office Building

摘要

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~(R) (CC~(R))~* 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 article 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.