Enhanced Commissioning and Measurement and Verification

Saju Varghese

SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR

JALRW Eng. Group Inc.

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June 23, 2015

Hello, It been a little hard to draw the line between the enhanced commissioning scope and the measurement and verification scope. Since I see that with enhanced commissioning the Cx Agent, may be required to verify performance after 8-10 months of occupancy, ho can his tasks correlate to the Measurement and Verification process?

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Scott Bowman

LEED Fellow

Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC

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Thu, 06/25/2015 - 22:29

The CxA is not required to "verify performance", they are to review the operation of the system in that time frame and help the owner develop a plan of action. This is not at all connected with M&V. The only interaction the CxA should have is to commission the sensors feeding information to the M&V system, unless of course the scope of the CxA is expanded to include the M&V scope.

R.L. Bowen

RLBA

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Thu, 05/23/2019 - 20:51

Can I develop an M&V plan as a design team member for EA credit 5 without the CxA's input? Are EAc5 and EAc3 mutually exclusive? Thanks in advance.

Scott Bowman

LEED Fellow

Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC

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Sat, 05/25/2019 - 04:25

Anyone can develop the M&V plan. The CxA should commission the meters and programming at a minimum. The implementation of the M&V is by the owner with technical help as required. Having a good CxA can help this process along with the energy modeler and technical assistance from the controls company.

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