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Jim Magee, Facility Commissioning Group
ASHRAE Evansville Chapter #44 Lunch Presentation; May 13, 2014
ASHRAE Evansville Chapter #44 Lunch Presentation; May 13, 2014
ASHRAE Evansville Chapter #44 Lunch Presentation; May 13, 2014
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Summarize highlights of ASHRAE Standard 202-2013 and differentiate roles & responsibilities
2. Recognize International Code Council (ICC) and International Accreditation Services (IAS) participation in IgCC and other codes pertaining to Cx.
3. Reference ACR476 accreditation criteria for commissioning service providers
Learning Objectives
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Purpose
ASHRAE Standard 202-2013 purpose is to identify the minimum acceptable Commissioning Process for buildings and systems for adoption into prevailing building codes and use as Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) enforcement and implementation requirements.
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Minimum Requirements for:a.Cx Process b.Description of stepsc.Documentationd.Acceptance
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ASHRAE Standard 202-2013 – 13 Steps
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4.2.2 Cx process Activities and Deliverables
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Pre-Design
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Owner Allocates Commissioning Budget
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SYSTEMS MANUAL
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SYSTEMS MANUAL
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SYSTEMS MANUAL
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SYSTEMS MANUAL
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SYSTEMS MANUAL
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SYSTEMS MANUAL
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3rd Annual Technical Summit
INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION SERVICE, INC. 5360 Workman Mill Road ⋅ Whittier, CA 90601 USA 562-364-8201 local ⋅ 866-427-4422 toll free ⋅ 562-699-8031 fax www.iasonline.org web site ⋅ April 5, 2013
TO: TRAINING AGENCIES, PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION BODIES, BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SUBJECT: Presentation on Development of Accreditation Criteria for Organizations Training and/or Certifying Individuals Involved in Commissioning, Subject MISC3-0613- 0613-R1 (PB/CPR)
• Member focused association
• Develop model codes and standards
• Minimum safeguards to protect people
• Safe, resilient, affordable structures
• One set of codes without regional limitations
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ICC I-Codes• International Codes: I-Codes
• 50 State including the DC have adopted at state or jurisdictional level
• Fed agencies: Architect of the Capitol, GSA, NPS, Dept. of State, USFS, VA, DoD, Amtrak
• Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
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ICC Creation• ICC founded in 1994
• Building Officials Code Administrators International (BOCA)
• International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO)
• Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI)
• Merger to a single set of codes
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ICC – CODE DEVELOPMENT
• Any group or individual can submit a code change proposal
• Open debate/participation before a committee
• Representatives from across the construction industry, including code regulators
• Ensures a consensus process of construction community in decision-making
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IgCC–INTERNATIONAL GREEN CONSTRUCTION CODE
• 1st model code to include sustainability measures• Design – Construction – C.O. – Post-Occupancy• More efficient, reduce waste, positive impact• Collaborated with
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)• ASTM International • ASHRAE• USGBC• Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
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IgCC • Model-Code Approach - communities tailor to meet local
needs• Note: 189.1 is jurisdictional compliance option, however Cx
is mandatory regardless of compliance route chosen• 611.1.1- Registered design professional OR approved
agency• Approved Agency – An established and recognized agency
regularly engaged in conducting tests or furnishing inspection services or commissioning services, where such agency has been approved (approved = acceptable to code official)
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IgCC
• 902.1.1 Commissioning professional is required to be “competent and independent” from contractor performing the work
• Code states that IAS Accreditation ensures code official of the commissioning professional’s competence and independence
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IgCC• 611.1.4 Preliminary Cx report shall be certified
(signed and sealed) and final inspection not allowed until building owner has received Preliminary Cx report and confirmed as such to the code official. Otherwise building will not get a Certificate of Occupancy
• Table 903.1 – Checklist of Cx requirements from Erosion Control to Air Balancing, and reads that all 60+ items in Cx Report
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IgCC• Per April 5, 2013 IAS Letter, “IgCC establishes
requirements for certain buildings to be commissioned.”
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IgCC
• “As adoption of the IgCC and other green codes advances, the responsibility for enforcing commissioning shifts to the authority having jurisdiction.”
• “Regulators, therefore, need a process to ensure that commissioning agents/agencies comply as Approved Agencies as defined in Section 902.1 of the IgCC.”
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ICC G4-2012: GUIDELINE FOR COMMISSIONING
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ICC G4-2012: GUIDELINE FOR COMMISSIONING
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ICC Commissioning guideline
• Compliance language• Enforcement at discretion of local code official• Evaluation criteria for Cx of each system type
located in Section 5.0• Guideline specifically for overview of skillsets
and process for code implementation/enforcement
• Can adopted in whole or in part by AHJ• Similar implications as outlined for IgCC (IeCC)
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Per April 5, 2013 IAS Letter:
“To aid code officials in enforcing commissioning, the International Code Council (ICC) has published a Commissioning Guideline (ICC G4-2012). However, this guideline does not specify what is required when approving and accepting a commissioning agent/agency.”
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ICC Commissioning guideline
IAS – INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION SERVICES
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• IAS is a nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that has been providing accreditation services since 1975. It is a subsidiary of the International Code Council (ICC).
• IAS accredits a wide range of companies and organizations including governmental entities, commercial businesses, and professional associations.
Accreditation/Certification
ICC tasks IAS with creating an accreditation for Cx certification companies.
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IAS Creates AC 476
• AC 476 - Establish criteria for obtaining and maintaining accreditation for commissioning training and certification organizations.
• Organizations must provide training in the following:
• Cx process• Codes, standards, guidelines• Systems, equipment, components and verification of
their performance
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IAS AND AC476
• Personnel certification shall certify that:• Individual has thorough knowledge of Cx process• Knowledge of codes, standards, guidelines• Ability to verify system performance• Met their minimum requirements for education,
work skills and experience• And comply with ISO 17024
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IAS AND AC476• Commissioning professional defined in two
ways:• Commissioning Provider of Record – Approved
by AHJ to be responsible for building commissioning process
• Commissioning Specialist (twelve categories from HVAC to Irrigation) – Certified party working under the Cx Provider of Record for specific technical area
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IAS and AC476• AC476 defines options for educations
requirements, work experience and examination (currently in Section 5.2 of the version available for public comment)
• Two tables to distinguish between certification criteria for Cx Provider of Record and Cx Specialists
• ISO 17024 – objective is achieving and promoting accepted benchmark for organizations operating certifications of persons
• Could be applied to organizations for anything from commissioning to IT and more
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IAS and AC476• Could be applied to organizations for anything
from commissioning to IT and more
• By AC476, certification bodies will be required to be ISO 17024 certified which involves an initial certification and then annual audit and renewal
• ISO 17024 certification requires:• Fairness among potential candidates• Policies for granting, maintaining, renewing and
expending the certification• Organization must be INDEPENDENT and
IMPARTIAL in relation to applicants
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Agent versus authority
• Important to know and understand the legal differences• Authority – Individual cited as or appealed to as an
expert (Webster’s)• Agent – One who is authorized for or in place of another
(Webster’s)• What this means is that an agent does not work for the
client but actually becomes the client. So the CxA would actually become the Owner in this instance contractually. This is not how commissioning contracts are typically written.
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Agent versus authority• Essentially all of the Cx bodies providing certification of
commissioning professionals have recognized the title of Authority or interchanges between Authority and other titles (i.e. Provider), but most do not call the professional a Commissioning Agent
• Finally, IgCC identifies Approved Agency in lieu of Authority or Agent
• Thanks to Jerry Kettler for his report on commissioning professional terms which was used to create this slide
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REGULATORY STEPS TO THE PRESENT SITUATION:
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO)
• World’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards [that] give state of the art specifications for products, services and good practice, helping to make industry more efficient and effective. Developed through global consensus, they help to break down barriers to international trade.
• ISO develops International Standards. We were founded in 1947, and since then have published more than 19,500 International Standards covering almost all aspects of technology and business. From food safety to computers, and agriculture to healthcare, ISO International Standards impact all our lives.
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ISO 17024
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•ASHRAE BUILDING PERFORMANCE ALLIANCE (BPA)
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IAS April 5, 2013
• Commissioning, as defined by the IgCC:
“Commissioning verifies that building staff are prepared and able to operate and maintain the building’s systems.”
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DOE-NIBS Better Buildings WorkforceJob Task Analysis
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Thank You
Jim Magee
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