Continuous Commissioning Leading Energy Project Process - An Industry Approach

Authors

Mingsheng Liu, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Jinrong Wang, Omaha Public Power District
Ken Hansen, Omaha Public Power District
Ann Selzer, Nebraska State Energy Office

Date of this Version

2005

Comments

Published in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 11-13, 2005, pp. 1-14

Abstract

Continuous Commissioning (CC^®) is an ongoing process to resolve operating problems, improve comfort, optimize energy use, and identify retrofits for existing commercial and institutional buildings and central plant facilities. This process was initiated in 1992 and formally documented in 1999 by the Energy Research Journal and in 2002 by the Continuous Commissioning Guidebook for Federal Energy Managers. The CC process has been very successful for many public facilities. A significant amount of energy savings has been achieved and documented.

Recently, the authors developed the Continuous Commissioning Leading Energy Project process and demonstrated this process in over a dozen projects. This process is named the Continuous Commissioning Leading Energy Project process (CCLEP). Qualified engineering firms can apply the CCLEP process to the private and public sectors, new and existing buildings, and to retrofit and commissioning projects.

This paper presents the CCLEP process and the results from seven completed projects.