Volume 5 - Commissioning, Operation, and Maintenance

Panel 5 Introduction

Short-Term Energy Monitoring for Commercial Buildings

J. Douglas Balcomb, Jay D. Burch, and Robert Westby, National Renewable Energy L.aboratory; Kris Subbarao and C. Edward Hancock, Macrodyne Energy International

Investigation into Operation and Maintenance Practices

Nancy Benner, Deborah Dodds, and Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.; Tracy Narel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Mark Bailey, U.S. Department of Energy

Facts and Fiction of HVAC Motor Measuring for Energy Savings

William D. Biesemeyer and Jeffrey Jowett, Arizona Department of Commerce Energy Office

Building Commissioning: The Path to Nirvana or the Woods of Ichabod Crane?

Diana Bjornskov, Nancy Benner, Deborah Dodds, and Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

ACT2 Agricultural Irrigation Pumping Demo

Kent G. Bouma, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Commissioning the ACT2 Project Pilot Demonstration

Grant J. Brohard and George R. Hernandez, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

The Long Term Thermal Performance of Radiation Control Coatings

Aaron R. Byerley, Mercer University; Jeffrey E. Christian, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Can You Achieve 150% of Predicted Retrofit Savings? Is It Time for Recommissioning?

David E. Claridge, Jeff Haberl, Mingsheng Liu, John Houcek, Aamer Athar, Texas A&M University

How Much Does Commissioning Cost and How Much Does It Save?

Deborah Dodds and Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.; Cathy Chappell, ADM Associates, Inc.; Christie Kjellman, Southern California Edison Company

Infiltration and Ventilation Measurements on Three Electrically-Heated Multifamily Buildings

Paul W. Francisco and Larry Palmiter, Ecotope, Inc.

Commercial Building/System Characteristics Sensitivity Analysis

Dianne M. Griffiths, SBW Consulting, Inc.; Kenneth J. Anderson, PacifiCop

Short-Term Measurements to Support Impact Evaluation of Commercial Lighting Programs

Peter C. Jacobs, Stuart S. Waterbury, and Donald J. Frey, Architectural Energy Corporation Karl F. Johnson, Electric Power Research Institute

Energy Efficient HVAC Systems in Office Buildings –With Emphasis on Air Distribution Systems

Lennart Jagemar, CASU—CADDET Analysis Support Unit

Adjusting Airflow in Office Buildings According to Outdoor Temperature

Per Levin, Royal Institute of Technology; Per Wickman, AIB Consulting Eng.

Are Heating-System Retrofit and Tune-Up Programs of Oil-Fired Systems

William P. Levins and Mark P. Terries, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Identifying and Implementing Improved Operation and Maintenance Measures in Texas LoanSTAR Buildings

Mingsheng Liu, John Houcek, Aamer Athar, Agami Reddy, David Claridge, and Jeff Haberl, Texas A&M University

Really Increasing the Efficiency Restaurants—Opportunities for Energy Efficiency

Karen C. Miller, University of Florida; Alexander Othmer, University of South Florida

The Business of Running Buildings: Whose Business Is It?

Tracy Narel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Advantages of Staged Implementation of Efficiency Upgrades

Christopher O’Brien and Drury B. Crawley, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Automating the Commissioning Process—Information Management in Building Design Through Occupancy

Patrick O’Neill and Kathleen Radke, Honeywell Technology Center

A Commissioning Cost-Effectiveness Case Study

Janice C. Peterson and Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Case Study in Building Commissioning and Savings Verification Applied to a 311,000 ft2 Office Tower Retrofit

Howard S. Reichmuth, Lambert Engineering; Kevin C. Fish, Microgrid, Inc.

A Novel Method for Resetting Duct Static Pressure for Variable Air Volume Systems

Robert J. Rose and William L. Kopko, U. S, Environmental Protection Agency

Measured and Predicted Energy Savings from an Industrialized House

Armin Rudd, Srinivasa Katakarn, and Subrato Chandra, Florida Solar Energy Center

Powered Attic Ventilators, Another Applied Building Science Nightmare and Treasure Trove

John J. Tooley Jr., Natural Florida Retrofit; Bruce Eugene Davis, AEC Applied Building Science Center

Commissioning Through Digital Controls and an Advanced Monitoring System - A Project Perspective

Paul C. Tseng, Dale R. Stanton-Hoyle, and William Withers, Montgomery County Government

Commercial Building Performance Evaluation System for HVAC Diagnostics and Commissioning

Stuart S. Waterbury and Donald J. Frey, Architectural Energy Coloration; Karl F. Johnson, Electric Power Research Institute

Performance of Energy Management Systems

Greg Wheeler, Oregon State University

Capturing Lost Opportunity in the High-Tech Building Market Through Commissioning

Paul Williamson and Bill Koran, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.; Glen Wallace, United Energy Engineers, Inc.; Walt Stamper, ShinEtsu America, Inc.

Cost-Effective Commissioning: Getting the Job Done Within Utility Guidelines

Rachel A. Yoder, Pacific Power; Michael B. Kaplan, Kaplan Engineering