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A school district should follow these four phases in order to achieve a successful SB 1149 project.
Phase 1: Planning
Phase 2: Monitoring commissioning agent activities
A school district must monitor and provide input for all commissioning agent reports and activities. This includes:
- Reviewing audit recommendations and provide design suggestions
- Developing the commissioning plan
- Reviewing bid documents
- Incorporating commissioning into bid documents
- Holding scoping meeting with installation contractors
- Developing functional tests and diagnostic monitoring plan
- Performing functional tests of systems and equipment
- Documenting deficiencies for correction (the school district must use documentation of deficiencies to pressure contractor(s) to correct deficiencies)
- Training school district staff on equipment
- Providing operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals
- Preparing and submitting a final commissioning report
Phase 3: Implementing Issues
Repairs outside the scope of the energy efficiency project may be discovered as a result of the commissioning project. These repairs may require fixing in order to enable the SB 1149 project to work optimally.
- Select priority repairs and improvements to equipment affected by energy efficiency measures
- Implement any required repairs and improvements to equipment affected by energy efficiency measures
Phase 4: Handing off the project
The school district should:
- Be fully aware of remaining deficiencies
- Re-test equipment and re-monitor equipment that actually failed and has been "repaired"
Commissioning Objectives
The primary objective of commissioning is that energy efficiency measures (EEMs) work effectively. The EEMs must save energy and should provide other benefits like better temperatures, better indoor air quality, etc.
Part of the commissioning criteria that should be provided is the information from the energy audit a well as that provided by the school district. First, the school district should attach all the relevant data for the EEM(s) in the audit to the work assignment contract. Second, the school district should include some of the objectives (see below). Both of these components will help the commissioning agent in developing their commissioning plan.
Other Objectives
- Do not limit commissioning services to just the EEM, but include other aspects of the systems that affect the EEM.
- For example:
Control EEM to be commissioned can include: condition of air handlers (e.g., switches dampers, motors, coils, valves, etc.), condition of boilers and chillers
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Boiler EEM to be commissioned can include: condition of piping (steam or hot water), condition of valves
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Chiller EEM to be commissioned can include: condition of piping, condition of valves, cooling towers.
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- Include in the work assignment contract that the commissioning agent diagnose any problems associated with this equipment and list any repairs and improvements (with their associated cost) for each piece of equipment affected by the EEM
- Define acceptance criteria
- Review and update existing equipment documentation
- Perform an operation and maintenance site assessment
- Develop a master list of operation and maintenance deficiencies and potential improvements
- Review fire and safety equipment (e.g., fire dampers)
- Provide detailed equipment warranty requirements
- Attach any of the items that the school district wants in order to improve the mechanical equipment in the facility to the work assignment contract.
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Back to Commissioning of SB 1149 Projects
RFP template for retro-fitting commission project - Beaverton School District (Word)
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