LEED online template/ form require the following:
"Enter information for two projects commissioned by the CxA which are similar in scope and type to this LEED project building"
I am working on LEED 2009 for School campus project so does that mean, I can only appoint someone with similar TYPE (Core Learning Space: K-12, Elementary/Middle School) commissioing experience? Please advise.
Thank you
Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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April 29, 2013 - 10:20 am
Ameet, first, you do not have to post to every version of commissioning on LEEDuser. Most of us that are active will see it pretty much no matter where you post it. We will see it and answer it.
As for your question, perhaps someone from GBCI might reply, but at this point, we have tended to show projects of similar or larger scope, but not necessarily type. So if we are doing a school of approximately 50,000 sf, we would show schools if our CxA had them, but if not, then we would show projects that are of that or larger size, and with similar systems if possible. We would not assign someone to a 250,000 sf project if they had only done a 25,000 kind of scope…not alone for sure. Likewise, if we had someone that had pretty much only worked on large central plants with chillers and boilers, we would not assign them alone to a geothermal project. We have enough people that we can help all our commissioning agents to gain experience on a lot of different project types and systems, but I know not all firms have that ability.
Up to this point, I have not heard of GBCI pushing back on our CxAs. We tend to show other LEED projects, thinking that if they wanted to, they could look them up and confirm our people worked on those project.
Ameet AA
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April 29, 2013 - 2:39 pm
Thank you Scott!
I am just confuse due to three different versions/ statement from the "Official" references as stated below,
1. FIRST VERSION : From “Who Can Be the Commissioning Authority?” 01/03/06 LEED 2.2 Commissioning Subcommittee, posted under LEED Reference Documents,
Regardless of who employs the CxA, he or she “shall have documented commissioning authority experience in at least two building projects” and ideally meet the minimum qualifications of having “a high level of experience in energy systems design, installation and operation, commissioning planning and process management, hands-on field experience with energy systems performance, interaction, startup, balancing, testing, troubleshooting, operation, and maintenance procedures and energy systems automation control knowledge.”
2. SCOND VERSION : LEED 2009 Guidebook Page 221
“For LEED projects, a qualified CxA should have experience with 2 other projects of similar MANAGERIAL and TECHNICAL complexity”
3.THIRD VERSION : LEED online template/ form require the following:
“Enter information for two projects commissioned by the CxA which are similar in SCOPE and TYPE to this LEED project building”
Thanks once again for your reply
Regards