North Carolina State University Persistent Commissioning Program

Our Pilot Persistent Commissioning Project
Raleigh, North Carolina

Facility managers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) are challenged with keeping an entire campus of buildings efficient and comfortable for occupants—a difficult task considering some of the older residence halls date back to the turn of the 20th century. To help the client address problems that are eroding away at building system performance (such as equipment and sensor malfunctions, manual overrides, scheduling changes, and equipment failures), we performed persistent commissioning℠ (PCx℠) to diagnose issues as they occur and optimize building performance to reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs.

PCx℠

Persistent Commissioning℠

We worked with NCSU personnel to identify candidate buildings based on energy use intensities, building automation system (BAS) interoperability, historical data, and tenant requirements. Our team then developed baseline metrics of energy and energy cost to be compared with future performance after the PCx process. We continuously collected BAS, environmental, and utility data and leveraged our professionals’ experience and knowledge of controls and HVAC systems. This allowed us to identify issues and opportunities for NCSU to improve building performance. We developed specific operational recommendations throughout the pilot project and facilitated implementation of no-cost and low-cost measures by in-house and contract personnel. Verification of measures was performed and is continuously monitored to confirm the achieved savings persist over time.

Client

North Carolina State University

Services

  • Planning, Consulting and Advisory
  • Technology

Markets

  • Education

Regions

  • Southeast