A Sustainable Approach to Building Commissioning

Steven Driver

Description

An International Approach to Sustainability was written by Steven P. Driver Ph.D. to educate anyone interested in reducing operational costs in buildings with an interest in making a difference in climate change. Through the application of energy conservation techniques, whether it's your home or workplace, this e-book can help you reduce energy consumption. This e-book was written to educate home owners, building managers, real estate developers, university and campus facility maintenance personnel, employees, and anyone else with an interest in helping our environment. This publication offers an understanding of some available technologies to mitigate energy waste.

Having overcome proprietary barriers which restricted the full understanding of how to combine artificial and human intelligence with respect to building commissioning is what makes this publication unique. After completing several years of post-doctoral research to understanding differences and benefits between ongoing and retroactive commissioning, we now have a better vision of what is required to make our buildings sustainable with respect to energy consumed.

This publication includes over 30 years of experience in energy management and formed the basis for a U.S trademark on Sustainable Commissioning, a concept explained in this e-book. The journey continues in researching new energy reduction technologies and piloting them confirming further effectiveness of the concept. The content in this e-book was validated through the deployment of several case studies applying the Sustainable Commissioning concept. The results from those case studies have validated an average return on investment of 62% with a 75% internal rate of return resulting in an 18 month simple pay back. The results demonstrate not only how to save operational cost, but environmental benefits averaging 1,009 metric tons of carbon emissions avoided annually for each case study.

Sujets

• buildings
• Architecture

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 07 mars 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456630911
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 77 Mo

Extrait

A Sustainable Approach to
Building Commissioning
Educating people with the knowledge they need to improve energy performance to lower operational cost and harmful emissions
 
 
 
Steven P. Driver, PhD
Certified Energy Auditor and Manager
 
Copyright © 2018
By Steven P. Driver, PhD
All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without written permission from the author.
International Standard Book Number:
978-1-4566-3091-1
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ABSTRACT
A Sustainable Approach to Building Commissioning was written purposely by Steven P. Driver, PhD, to educate anyone interested in reducing operational costs in buildings and making a difference in climate change. Through the application of energy conservation techniques, whether in your home or at your workplace, this book can help you reduce energy consumption. This book was written to educate homeowners, building managers, real estate developers, university and campus facility maintenance personnel, employees, and anyone else with an interest in helping our environment. This publication offers an understanding of some of the technologies available for mitigating energy waste.
This unique publication overcomes proprietary barriers that restricted full understanding of how to combine artificial and human intelligence with respect to building commissioning. After completing several years of post-doctoral research to understand the differences between ongoing and retroactive commissioning, we now have a much better vision of what is required to make our buildings sustainable with respect to energy consumed.
This publication is based on over 30 years of experience in energy management which formed the basis for a U.S. trademark for Sustainable Commissioning™, a concept explained in this book. The journey continues in researching new energy reduction technologies and piloting them to further confirm the effectiveness of the concept. The content in this book was validated through the deployment of seven case studies applying the Sustainable Commissioning concept. The results from those case studies have validated an average return on investment of 62% with a 75% internal rate of return, resulting in an 18-month simple payback. The case studies demonstrate not only reduced operational cost but also environmental benefits averaging 1,009 metric tons of carbon emissions avoided annually.
INTERNATIONAL SPONSORSHIP
Steven would like to thank all of his sponsors and the people who have helped him make this book possible through their time and donations. It would not have been possible to cover the writing, editing, publication, and copyright costs of this book without them. To all the sponsors who offer technology-based solutions, products, and/or services to help reduce carbon emissions, Steven thanks them for their commitment to our environment. At this time, Steven would like to thank those who assisted him with this publication in the following acknowledgments:
James Lee – Cimetrics – [e-mail]
Geoff Wilkinson, Jr. – The Wilkinson Companies – [e-mail]
Terence McTigue – Integrity Energy Solutions Group – [e-mail]
Sean O’Riley – Powerstar – [e-mail]
Ryan Blair – Opterra Energy – [e-mail]
Gaetan Noel – Pragmathic – [e-mail]
Chris Fraga – AEDG – [e-mail]
David Goodman – DAK Industries – [e-mail]
Nina Kalanzis – [e-mail]
Nasir Khan – FMA – [e-mail]
Christine Greever – University of Colorado – [e-mail]
Steve DiGiacomo, P.E. – Energy Management Associates – [e-mail]
David Landman – Eneractive Solutions – [e-mail]
Nick Hill – Hill Energy Services – [e-mail]
PEER REVIEWERS
Steven would like to thank the peer reviewers of his book for their time as subject matter experts in energy. Without their input, this book would not have been possible. Special thanks go to the following individuals for their efforts:
James Lee – Cimetrics
Steve DiGiacomo, P.E. – Energy Management Associates
Terence McTigue – Integrity Energy Solutions Group
DISCLAIMER
By purchasing this book, you will gain an understanding of the Sustainable Commissioning process to help achieve maximum savings in your building. Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at the time of publication, the author and publisher do not assume any liability to any party for loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. Please note: Due to proprietary and confidentiality reasons, company and client names are not cited in the case studies. This book is not intended to represent or advertise any one company or service. The mention of any company in this book is for the purpose of demonstrating the value of its services and its commitment to energy conservation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER I: UNDERSTANDING ENERGY
Intent
Building Commissioning and its Impact on Climate Change
Setting and Defining your Goals
Sustainability and Law: What’s the Correlation?
Standard Energy Audit Practices
Public Understanding of Building Commissioning
Basic Systems Design Overview
The Physiological Effects of Buildings on Humans
Renewable and Off-Grid Technologies
CHAPTER II: CONCEPT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE COMMISSIONING
Differentiating between Human and Artificial Intelligence
The Sustainable Commissioning Approach
The Energy Audit and Retroactive Commissioning Process
Basic Tools and Equipment
Conducting the Operational Audit
The Individual Systems Operations Review
The Utilities Operations Review
The Training and Development Review
The Maintenance and Operations Review
The Laboratory Operations Review
The Organizational Practices Review
The Water Treatment Review
The Overall Energy Culture and Awareness
The Building Envelope Review
Building Controls and Ventilation Systems Review
Air Filtration Review
Heating Systems Review
Cooling Systems Review
Water and Plumbing Systems Review
Renewable Energy Review
Electrical Systems Review
Compressed Gas Review
Metering Systems Review
Procurement, Utility Review, and Rebate Program Review
The Functional Audit
Financial Qualification of Energy Conservation Measures
Hosting the Energy Conservation Measure Workshop
Managing the Energy Conservation Measure Portfolio
CHAPTER III: VALIDATING THE CONCEPT
Completed Energy Studies and Projects
CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION
Completed Sustainable Commissioning Case Studies
Adding up the Results
Integration of the Overall Sustainable Commissioning Process
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Integrity Energy Services
APPENDIX B: Pragmathic Pinch Analysis Services
APPENDIX C: Research and Development
APPENDIX D: Powerstar Services
APPENDIX E: DAC HVAC Services
APPENDIX F: Cimetrics Services
APPENDIX G: Wilkinson Companies Services
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Steven P. Driver’s 30 years of experience includes engineering of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC), industrial ventilation systems, mechanical system diagnostics, building systems commissioning, project management, and indoor air quality mitigation. Steve has worked as a cleanroom design engineer, as a mechanical HVAC consultant, and, most recently, as a global energy program director in the pharmaceutical industry.
Educational Background
Steve is an alumnus of Northcentral University, where he earned his PhD in Engineering and Technology in 2010 with a concentration in building commissioning. Steve is a board-certified energy manager (CEM) and auditor (CEA). He has two copyrights, one publication, and a U.S. patent associated with sustainable building commissioning technology. Having completed numerous international energy audits, he continues his mission to reduce industry operational cost and environmental impact through the use of innovative technologies.
Steve currently speaks internationally at energy conferences and organizations to promote his years of research and experience with energy efficiency. These include the World Energy Congress Conference (WECC), the Energy Utilities Efficiency Conference (EUEC), Energy Efficiency Europe (enerCon), the Facility Sustainability Summit (FMA), Building Energy Efficiency Managers (BEEM), the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL), and the Massachusetts Biotech Council (MBC).