Required Performance Management Guidelines
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P.5 Operations Commissioning
Intent
Ensure (verify) the building is operated to meet the design intent as represented in contract documents (which includes meeting performance criteria of the Agency, including MSBG.)
Required Performance Criteria
A. Use Agency Operations Management Process. If there is no established Agency Operations Management Process, use Appendix P-6 Operations Commissioning Supporting Information and Appendix P-7 Operations Commissioning Matrix. In either case, the elements of the Operations Commissioning Process from Appendix P-6 must be included.
B. Evaluate performance over time according to the Measurement and Verification Plan for the following scope:
- Water device and system level measurement and verification
- Water whole building measurement and verification
- Energy device and system level measurement and verification
- Energy whole building measurement and verification based on metering and calibrated energy simulation as outlined in the following table.
| Size (sq.ft.) | Metering | with Submetering | Calibrated Simulation (annual Energy Use) |
| <10,000 | Required | Recommended | Recommended |
| 10-50,000 | Required | Required | Recommended |
| >50,000 | Required | Required | Required |
- Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) measurement and verification: Air quality, thermal comfort, quality of lighting
- Waste measurement and verification
- User complaint/ work request logs related to user comfort and satisfaction as an indicator of ongoing IEQ performance
C. Implement Operations and Maintenance Practices and annual evaluation according to the Maintenance Plan.
Recommended Performance Criteria
D. Perform Measurement and Verification of the following additional areas of building performance over time according to the Measurement and Verification Plan.
- Vibrations, acoustics, and noise verification
- Access to daylight
- View space and window access evaluation
- Personal control of IEQ conditions and impacts
- Opportunities and encouragement for healthful physical activity
- Materials measurement and verification
- User Comfort and Satisfaction Assessment surveys as an indicator of ongoing IEQ performance
E. Perform Systems Recommissioning: At least annually or in response to events or triggers at the discretion of owner.
Note: Portions of this guideline are adapted from LEED Version 2.0.
Related MSBG Documents
- Form P-2 Performance Management Documentation
- Appendix P-1 Suggested Implementation for All Performance Management Guidelines
- Appendix P-6 Operations Commissioning Supporting Information
- Appendix P-7 Operations Commissioning Matrix
Tools
Measurement and Verification
- US DOE's International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP): www.ipmvp.org
Volume I - Concepts and Options for Determining Savings
Volume II -Concepts and Practices for Improving Indoor Environmental Quality Volume III - Applications
Indoor Air Quality Operations, Measurement and Verification
- EPA's Building Air Quality can be found at www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/baq_page
- EPA's I-BEAM can be found at www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/ibeam_page
Supplemental Resources
- LEED for Existing Buildings, United States Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org
- ASHRAE Guideline 4-1993, Preparation of Operating and Maintenance Documentation for Building Systems, www.ashrae.org.