Commissioning 101
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Learn the basics about commissioning and how it can help you, your company and your projects. Get a clear overview of the commissioning process.

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The story of commissioning dates back to the time when Latin was widely used. It has since traveled through the ship and aircraft industries before becoming the commissioning we know today.

Become comfortable with the different abbrevations used in the commissioning process. Learn all of them here. What is the OPR, the BOD?

Retro-Cx allows building owners and operations teams to take an existing building through the Cx process and improve its overall performance.

The economics of a commissioning process is often estimated to be 0.5% to 2% of the construction costs. This is an empirical number that varies.

Commissioning is an added expense that some project owners might prefer to skip. But it can be very costly in the long run to skip the commissioning process.

Equipment commissioning is essentially a process that ensures that a piece of equipment (or all of the equipment) in a building is “working” as it should.

The process of constructing a building from an idea is quite organic. It starts as a thought, then becomes a design, then a plan, and then a physical structure.

But what goes into electrical commissioning, how is it handled, and how can the commissioning industry do it better? This guide on electrical testing will explain.

When a new machine is constructed and integrated into a building, it has to be tested to ensure that it's working properly.

Commissioning as an integrated tool in data center projects ensuring uptime and reliability.

Perfoming the commissioning process is a complex job that requires a lot of documentation. Read about how commissioning software can help you.

Get insights into the comparison between CxPlanner and Facility Grid here. Pros and cons and insights.

The commissioning guideline ASHRAE Guideline-0 is global guideline describing how to perform the commissioning process.

The book about how to perform Commissioning in a practical and easy way with do's and dont's.

Mechanical commissioning ensures that systems are installed correctly, and the V-Model provides a systematic framework.

LEED is a green building certification system. To get the highest rating, you need to have a commissioning process implemented.

When using commissioning, you can ensure that your building is sustainable and energy efficient thoughout the entire life cycle.

Become comfortable with the different abbrevations used in the commissioning process. Learn all of them here. What is the OPR, the BOD?

The Owners Project Requirements (OPR) is an essential document that describes the requirements for the commissioning process.

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The BoD is a separate document containing specifications and description of how the Design Team expects to fulfil the OPR.

The commissioning log is a document that contains all information about the commissioning process.

How to manage all of the equiptment and the associated checklists? By using the Test Overview.

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While it's important that every component in a building or system works individually, it's how they all interact together that really matters

The various certifications grant individuals the right to use their respective acronyms, such as QCxP, CxA, CxM.

The BCxP certificate is a professional certification for building commissioning professionals.

The QCxP certificate recognizing the knowledge of leading the ASHRAE commissioning process.

Commissioning as an integrated tool in data center projects ensuring uptime and reliability.

Commissioning of data centers is often divided into 5 levels, where each level increases the complexity of the tests.

A data center most keep as high uptime as possible. Often the uptime is measured in TIER 1-4. Commissioning is tool to help achieve this.

Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing (TAB) of HVAC systems is the art of ensuring that the systems are operating optimally.