CCC projects aim to improve overall building performance by delivering cost effective trainings, educational information, tools and research. The purpose of our projects is to educate, inform and identify opportunities and promote solutions that enable the building commissioning process in California.

On-Line Commissioning Library

The CCC's online library is an easily searchable database containing more than 300 documents related to commissioning. Resources include conference papers, magazine articles, sample documents, guidelines and templates. The library is updated regularly. Please email us any documents you'd like to submit.

CaCx News: the CCC's Quarterly Newsletter

The CCC's newsletter contains concise, up-to-date announcements about new commissioning resources, trainings and events, projects and research. You can view articles on our website, and sign up to receive the newsletter by email.

Develop Case Studies

Marketing case studies have been identified as one of the most useful tools for moving commissioning services forward in California. Many demonstration projects are in progress throughout the state but the data is being collected in different formats and is not being written up into marketing case studies. In this project, the CCC will develop a standard marketing case study format (2-4 pages) and standardized case studies using data from the commissioning final reports. Four case studies will be developed (2 new building and two existing building commissioning). At a minimum, case studies will include both schools and office buildings.

| Top |

Create RCx Screening Tool

Building owners in California need guidance on which of their buildings are the best candidates for retrocommissioning. In an effort to address this need, the CCC will study existing building screening tools in the marketplace and develop a standardized building screening tool.

| Top |

Revise, Populate and Analyze the Cx Database

The Cx Database is a very valuable tool for analyzing and demonstrating the costs and benefits of commissioning services. However, additional work is needed on the database to ensure that the tool is populated sufficiently to assess the costs and benefits of commissioning. The CCC will consider nominal funding for inputting the first set of projects into the database. Once enough projects have been entered into the database, the CCC will complete an initial cost benefit study to assess the data. Following the study, the CCC will propose changes to the commissioning database, have an advisory group review the changes and finally making the changes.

Study the Persistence of Commissioning

The CCC is working to address barriers to commissioning, one of which is the lack of understanding of the persistence of the benefits of commissioning. However, studying the persistence of commissioning benefits is very difficult because documentation is often missing and as a result, it is difficult to quantify how well the benefits of commissioning persisted. Research is clearly needed, involving a population of buildings that have well-documented commissioning processes. The Cx Database provides a key opportunity to collect the information necessary to study persistence in a standardized way. To address this need, the CCC will develop an analytical framework for studying the persistence of commissioning benefits. The study will assess the benefits of commissioning by looking at overall building energy use and of individual commissioning measures. The results of this study will be valuable to the utility program managers interested in assessing the value of commissioning as well as commissioning stakeholders interested in ensuring the persistence of the benefits of commissioning.

| Top |