The CCC offers several resources for building owners. Below we suggest how to utilize them. If you have comments about how to improve these resources, or ideas for new resources, please contact us.
The Library contains more than 300 commissioning related documents. If you have a document to add to the library, please send it to us. Current holdings include:
Advice for owners who are new to commissioning;
Research reports and papers that discuss the costs and benefits of commissioning;
Information for owners about commissioning LEED-certified buildings;
Case studies describing commissioning projects at specific facilities;
Technical guides to benchmarking building performance, functional testing, control system design, dataloggers, and many others;
Sample commissioning documents including Cx and RCx plans, functional test plans and verification checklists; and
Advice and guidelines specifically for commissioning K-12 schools.
Tools and Templates
These pages contain sample documents, templates and spreadsheet tools that help commissioning providers and building owners plan, scope and execute commissioning and retrocommissioning projects.
The California Commissioning Guides are useful resources for building owners, managers and operators as well as others involved in the commissioning process. The set of guides, for new and existing buildings, presents an introduction to the goals, costs and benefits of commissioning and retrocommissioning, and provides detailed information on the processes, team structure and persistence strategies that lead to successful projects.
The Cx Database was created to collect detailed, standardized information about commissioning projects. Building owners can search the database to find projects similar to their own in order to compare measures, findings, costs and energy savings benefits.
This web-based tool helps you scope and create documentation for your commissioning projects. Building owners can use Cx Assistant to help determine the level of commissioning they need and thus the requirements they should look for in a provider. Also, owners can use the tool to guide an in-house commissioning project. Once you enter information about your project, the tool uses your data to suggest:
Probable commissioning cost;
Appropriate commissioning scope;
Sample scope documents;
Sample design intent documents;
Sample commissioning specifications; and
Sample sequences of operations for HVAC equipment.
Case Studies
The CCC has collected case studies on building commissioning, retrocommissioning and energy efficiency projects from around the country. They are organized in two sortable tables. Case studies will help building owners learn about the benefits of commissioning, especially as it relates to facilities similar to their own. If you have a case study to add to our website, please send it to us.
This resource will help building owners select a commissioning provider. It includes several valuable kinds of information:
General advice on selecting a provider;
Recommended provider qualifications;
A description of commissioning provider certification programs, to help owner understand a provider’s credentials;
Sample commissioning/retrocommissioning documents, against which owners can compare the documents submitted by their provider; and
A table of providers doing business in California, including samples of their work, to help owners find a commissioning provider for their project.
If you’d like to be listed in this section, please send us your application form.
LinksA collection of sites with valuable information about commissioning and energy efficiency. If you’d like to add your site to our Links, please contact us.