I am requesting clarification regarding "Who Can Be the Commissioning Authority" for a project. I would like my firm to provide both LEED consulting and full commissioning services to a project owner. Our firm will have a contract directly with the owner, not with the A/E or general contractor. The LEED consulting work would be comprised of completing LEED online templates and gathering required documents from the design and construction teams. Per the "Who Can Be the Commissioning Authority" document, Item 8. Independent consultant contracted to Owner, is allowed to provide Enhanced Commissioning, however the document appears not to preclude that firm or individual from performing LEED Consulting work as described above. Additionally, the other items within the document preclude employees with construction related responsibilities, futher enforcing my view the Commissioning Authority can provide these additional services as they are not construction or A/E responsibilities.
The CIR is inquiring as to whether a consultant can perform both LEED consulting and act as the independent commissioning agent for EAc3. A consultant may perform both tasks IF the following requirements are met: [1] Their contract is exclusively with the owner and not as a sub-consultant with the A/E team. [2] LEED consulting activities exclusively entail documentation gathering and submittal. Consultant can not provide design services, sustainability consulting, etc. such that they would be put in the position of commissioning a component of the building that they had influence over. Design input should be limited to what is required for EAp1 and EAc3 compliance. Applicable Internationally.