Commissioning & Recommissioning

BV HAS ALL YOUR COMMISSIONING NEEDS!
HELPING OUR CLIENTS ACHIEVE THEIR NEW OR EXISTING BUILDING GOALS AND/OR REQUIREMENTS.

BV now offers commissioning, recommissioning, retro-commissioning, and continuous commissioning! Owners of new buildings and their Facility Managers need to ensure that the HVAC equipment, lighting and building automation systems are running according to specification. Operators of existing facilities are tasked with monitoring and maintaining air quality and comfort and reducing energy consumption.

As a leading national provider of engineering, environmental, capital planning and project continuous commissioning to help our clients achieve their new or existing building goals and/or requirements.

BV has the engineering expertise, national footprint and scalable best practices to ensure your facilities perform flawlessly.

We provide mechanical and electrical services to support the testing and commissioning of any type of facility including mission-critical facilities, data centers, complex office buildings, central utility plants, warehousing and fulfillment centers, healthcare facilities, higher education, and retail. Our commissioning services are part of our larger Green Line Services and Solutions, in which Bureau Veritas is committed to helping our clients execute effective sustainability strategies. With Green Line, we can ensure that your new or existing facility is at maximum reliability and at energy efficiency.

Our commissioning staff works to ensure that your facility is designed and installed properly, including the interoperability of electrical, mechanical, and control systems. We validate all sequences of operations to achieve optimum performance of the facility.

OUR MISSION-CRITICAL SERVICES INCLUDE:

ENERGY

Control Systems Architecture and Design
Control Systems Integration
Energy and Asset Performance (EAP)
Level I, II and III Energy Audits
Measurement & Verification
NET Zero Energy Assessments

COMMISSIONING

Full Life Cycle Commissioning
LEED Commissioning
Retro-Commissioning/Re-Commissioning/

Continuous Commissioning
Facility Surveys and Audits
Operations Support

UTILITIES MONITORING

Electrical Metering
Gas Metering
Steam Metering
Water Metering

ENGINEERING SERVICES

Systems Integration Engineering
Building Automation and Controls Design
Peer Reviews
Construction Administration and

Field Engineering

Key benefits of commissioning for new & existing facilities

Increase occupant safety
Improved building occupant productivity
Lower utility bill through energy savings
Increase occupant and owner satisfaction
Enhance environment and health conditions
Improve system and equipment function
Improve building operations and maintenance
Reduction of change orders and delays during construction
Fewer deficiencies at substantial completion
Complete and useful suite of documents for continuous building operations

Keep saving strong!
TIME FOR A BUILDING CHECK-UP TO LOCK IN COMMISSIONING BENEFITS.

When you first commissioned your building, you made a smart commitment to maintaining energy efficiency and providing a healthy, comfortable indoor environment. Recommissioning ensures that mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems are still functioning efficiently and meeting the demands of a building in full operation.

WE ALREADY COMMISSIONED OUR BUILDING! WHY DO IT AGAIN?
You certainly won’t have to start from scratch, but the fact is that the operating profile of even an expertly commissioned new building will change to some degree once it is occupied. Body heat, equipment running, doors opening and closing, kitchens in use – all these things have an impact. After you’ve been up and running for 6 months to a year, it’s time to verify, recalibrate, and fine tune. And, as years pass, the need for periodic recommissioning increases.

Have you remodeled any part of your building?
Has building usage changed?
Has technology evolved?
Have your energy bills unexpectedly increased?
Have new operating staff members come on board?

Recommissioning adapts operating systems to change and new demands, ensuring that maximum savings and other benefits will continue as planned.

WHY YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO RECOMMISSION?
You probably saw statistics like these when you commissioned your new building:

Commissioning can result in energy savings of 20-50% and maintenance savings of 15-35%. *Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) cost data for office buildings
From another perspective, experts estimate that it is 8-20% more expensive to operate a building that hasn’t been commissioned. *Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI)

Periodic recommissioning locks in the benefits of your initial commissioning investment!

MAINTAIN A BUILDING YOU CAN BE PROUD OF!

Ensure your building systems are operating efficiently as designed
Make necessary adjustments so that operating systems match building demands
Anticipate future concerns and create a plan for addressing them
Increase property value & maintain energy savings
Avoid frequent or unexpected repairs and replacements
Extend the lifespan of operating systems and system components
Equip maintenance staff with up-to-date training and accurate benchmarks
Reduce occupant complaints and the drain on maintenance staff they create
Increase occupant productivity by providing a more comfortable indoor environment with fewer distractions and disruptions
Decrease contagion transmission and illnesses related to Sick Building Syndrome within a well-maintained, well-ventilated, and mold-free indoor environment

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE RECOMMISSIONING PROCESS
BV customizes the recommissioning process to fit every client’s specific needs. Your process will include:

A comprehensive client checklist and review of existing documents
Interviews of maintenance employees and engineers
Development of a recommissioning plan
Implementation of the recommissioning plan
Project management from Day 1

ENERGY SAVINGS RESULTS FROM RECENT COMMISSIONING SERVICES CLIENTS
A U.S. government facility: Projected annual savings of $397,000 with payback in 1.9 years.
Another U.S. government facility: Projected annual savings of $266,000 with payback in 1.75 years.
A telecommunications company: Projected annual savings of more than $182,000 with payback in 2.1 years.
Another telecommunications company: Projected annual savings of $23,000 with payback in 2.4 years.
Company with a national portfolio of retail stores: Projected 18% reduction in annual energy costs with payback in 1.5 years.

BV’S EXPERTS TAKE THE WORRY OUT OF RECOMMISSIONING
When it comes to recommissioning a building, we’ve heard all the reasons for delay; cost, time, dissatisfaction with a previous provider. We understand these worries, but with good preparation and BV’s proven experts leading the way, your customized recommissioning process can proceed quickly and cost-efficiently with minimal disruption to busy building personnel.