How Much Money Can I Save - Really?
A landmark study from LBNL cited the following cost savings:
- The average payback time is less than five years for new construction
- In existing buildings, using ‘retro-commissioning,’ the average payback time is less than one year, with whole-building energy savings averaging 15%
- Fewer change orders
- Fewer callbacks after construction
- Less equipment replacement
Tacit Cost Benefits - "Wow, I Didn't Realize!"
- A safe, healthy indoor environment that promotes healthier employees
- Training for operational employees, which increases their effectiveness and overall job satisfaction
- Tenant attraction, retention, and long-term satisfaction
- Increased profit margins due to the many cost savings
Functional Benefits - "Now THIS is Really Valuable!"
Commissioning Is A Quality-Assurance Process That:
- Achieves an owner’s defined objectives and criteria
- Ensures that a building’s complex range of systems is designed, installed, and tested to the owner’s intent and operational needs
- Communicates all expectations and objectives during planning, design, construction and occupancy phases with a global, independent perspective
- Formalizes reviews and tests results, with comprehensive schedules, functional performance testing, and accurate documentation
- Manages risks by the early detection of issues or deficiencies in design and installation, through document reviews and field verification
- Enhances energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and occupant safety
- Provides tools to ensure sustainability, including tailored operating manuals and training for facility employees
- Maximizes a building’s long-term performance by providing maintenance plans and continued commissioning
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