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Improving building energy system performance by continuous commissioning

Conference ·
OSTI ID:347570
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  1. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Commissioning has played an important role in improved building comfort and reduced energy consumption. This paper presents an advanced form of commissioning for existing buildings, called Continuous Commissioning (CC), which has produced energy savings comparable to those produced by the traditional audit/retrofit process at a third of the cost. It has also increased operating staff skills, reduced maintenance costs, and improved building comfort extras which are not provided by usual retrofit programs. This paper presents the philosophy, process, cost and savings.

OSTI ID:
347570
Report Number(s):
CONF-970701--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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