Title: Reading Assignments
Course: WGF 106 DEVELOPMENT > Section: Content

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Sub-Title | Effective Input/Tweaking/Closure… Potentially Leading To Retro-commissioning
Content | The integrated operations and performance of the many building systems such as HVAC, life/fire safety, domestic water, power, CO2 ventilation, and similar provide a complex and important performance for the facility and its occupants. Functional performance testing to verify proper operation prior to occupancy it extremely important. Testing of existing facilities is performed similarly by re-commissioning (commissioning of a building/system/equipment that has been previously commissioned) and retro-commissioning (commissioning of an existing building/system/equipment that has not been previously commissioned). Assurance of performance and operation by the CxA's commissioning verification of the facility typically provides a better operating, performing, and comfortable environment for the owner and occupants.
Links/Uploads
Frequently Asked IAQ Questions – U.S. Department of Labor https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/indoorairquality/faqs.html

Health Hazard Evaluations – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/

Visualizing Building Information – Center for the Built Environment http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/research/visualizing-info.htm

Human Interactions Research Topics

Center for the Built Environment  projects related to IEQ control and IT systems include:

- Demand Response Research
Developing technology for tomorrow’s dynamic electricity-pricing systems.
- Using Occupant Feedback to Improve Building Operations
A system to help facility managers utilize and respond to building occupant complaints.
- Plug Load Energy Study
Analyzing plug loads as a means of understanding and tightening the gap between simulated and actual energy use in buildings.
- Visualizing Building Information
Identifying the optimal methods for displaying building performance information to occupants, facility managers, and others.
- Visualizing Information Symposium
We co-sponsored a full-day symposium in April 2011 on the topic of "Information Visualization in Commercial Buildings: Design, Technology, and Human Behavior".
- Development of a Prototype Wireless Lighting Control System
This low-cost system may lead to short payback periods for energy-saving lighting retrofits.

Wireless Measurement and Control of the Indoor Environment in Buildings
Enhanced control systems that may reduce wiring costs and lead to potentially more optimal systems.
Attributions | Image courtesy of Whole Building Design Guide – National Institute of Building Sciences