[en] Commissioning is a unique opportunity, for all partners concerned, to learn a lot about the real behavior of a HVAC system.
It has to start from comfort and health requirements in occupancy zones, and going back to the plant through the whole air conditioning system.
Focus is given here to the so-called “re-commissioning” and the proposed principles are illustrated by reference to a specific case study: the “CAMET” building.
The "CA-MET" is a new ministry office building, designed for an occupancy of about 1000 people and located in the city of Namur, in Belgium. The building is cooled, thanks to a VAV/CAV system. Heating is provided independently by a classical hydronic radiator system.
By lack of time, here as usually, the HVAC initial commissioning was done in a hurry…
And, as soon as starting his job, the manager received a fair amount of complaints from the building occupants.
The building was selected as a "good" case study to illustrate the work developed in the frame of the IEA-ECBCS "annex 40" project…
This paper is presenting the methodology used in the first re-commissioning phase, some examples of results and also some general recommendations.
Disciplines :
Energy
Author, co-author :
Andre, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Surveillance de l'environnement
Cuevas, Ch.
Lacôte, P.
Lebrun, Jean ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique
Language :
English
Title :
Re-commissioning of the CA-MET HVAC system : a successful case study ?
Publication date :
October 2003
Event name :
International conference for enhanced building operations (ICEBO'03)
