Breakfast Briefing
Total Building Commissioning for High-Performance Buildings


The building commissioning process is a quality-oriented process for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of buildings and their systems and assemblies meet defined objectives and criteria. The process assumes that owners, programmers, designers, contractors, commissioning team members, and operations and maintenance staff are fully accountable for the quality of their work. Total building commissioning covers all major systems of the building and begins at project inception and continues for the life of the facility. The process includes specific tasks to be conducted during each phase in order to verify that design, construction, and training meet the owner’s requirements.

This briefing is intended to introduce the opportunities that total building commissioning can provide to support the overall goals of the effort.

November 19, 2009 • 9:00 am - 10:30 am
U.S. House of Representatives
B-369 Rayburn House Office Building

Moderator
Doug Read, Director of Government Affairs, ASHRAE

Welcome Remarks
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
Co-Chairs, High Performance Buildings Congressional Caucus

Presentations
Total Building Commissioning and Commissioning the Building Envelope
Earle Kennett, Vice President
National Institute of Building Sciences

HVAC&R Requirements for the Commissioning Process
Michael J. King, Director of Engineering Specifications
ARCOM Master Systems

Commissioning and Integrated Testing of Fire Protection & Life Safety Systems
Tim Hawthorne
National Fire Protection Association

Register Now! All interested Congressional staff are cordially invited to this widely attended event. There is no charge for the event, but space is limited. Please RSVP by November 16, 2009 to Patricia Ryan by fax at 202-833-0118 or pryan@ashrae.org. Breakfast will be served.

Special thanks to Congressman Carnahan’s Office for providing the meeting room. Any questions, please contact Patricia Ryan at ASHRAE, 202-833-1830.