Consulting-Specifying Engineer - September 2007 - (Page 65)

Professional Practices help the operating personnel when the chilled-water system unexpectedly shuts down and initial re-start procedures are not working. How the information is organized also is important, because the operating personnel must be able to locate specific information in a short time. When feasible, owners should negotiate significant contract allowances in the schedule of values related to submission of operating and maintenance information, as this has frequently remained an issue beyond substantial completion. We have assisted owners by compiling the requisite operating and maintenance manuals when subcontractors have failed to deliver this essential information, in order to provide the operating personnel with pretraining help. • Training of building operating personnel is a key element to the successful long-term asset management of any facility. The contract specifications must clearly outline the extent of training, technical qualifications of trainers, flexibility of scheduling the training sessions and evaluation procedures to ensure that the training program is successful. While the training of operating personnel related to various building systems is a high priority, training associated with the control/automation system must be given the highest priority. We typically request that building operating personnel accompany us as we supervise functional performance tests, because we believe that this is an additional training opportunity and gives the personnel “hands on” exposure to the various sequences of operation as the contractors are demonstrating these for our performance assessment. This article discusses some of the issues that we believe are important in the commissioning process associated with control/automation systems. It must be emphasized that these apply to the process for implementing commissioning, and there exists a parallel consideration of scope, which we have not addressed. For example, should the functional performance testing apply to all of the control points or is a sampling strategy sufficiently adequate to determine performance compliance with the design intent and contract specifications? If so, what is an appropriate level of sampling to reflect the performance requirements? Energy-Efﬁcient Lighting Controls stop energy waste I specify occupancy sensors from Watt Stopper/Legrand because they automatically control the lighting in my client’s building, allowing us to apply for LEED points and comply to energy codes. Tax rebates and deductions, rising energy costs and mandated energy codes have heated up the demand for lighting controls. Simply turning lights off in unoccupied areas can save up to 60% of a building’s energy costs. ¢ widely distributed and available ¢ make code compliance easy ¢ more choice from the brand professionals trust Get information on our new generation Wall Switch Sensors and a complete product selection guide. 800.879.8585 | www.wattstopper.com/psg Complete lighting control solutions for every building. Occupancy and Vacancy Controls | Daylighting Controls | Lighting Control Panels | Wireless RF Lighting Controls Input #237 at csemag.com/quickResponse Consulting-Specifying Engineer • SEPTEMBER, 2007 65 http://www.wattstopper.com/psg http://www.wattstopper.com/psg http://csemag.com/quickResponse

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Consulting-Specifying Engineer - September 2007

Contents M/E Roundtable Cover Story: Airborne Superbugs Third-Party Liability Back to School Product Spotlight Codes & Standards Professional Practices How To New Products Jobs/Cliassifieds Specifier’s Notebook Pure Power Supplement New Technologies, Same Old Transmission Problems Wireless Battery Recharging Solar Concentration Renewables Tracking System A Mighty Wind The Importance of Load Bank Testing Quality Power for Security Systems

Consulting-Specifying Engineer - September 2007

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