Costs and Benefits of Commissioning

Motivation / Problem Statement

Lack of analysis in this area considered the primary barrier to increased market uptake.

Activities / Approach

Developed and analyzed world's largest database of actual case studies (224 buildings).

Accomplishments / Outcomes

15% median whole-building energy savings; Median payback time 0.7 years; 7000 specific problems identified.

Future / Follow-on

California Energy Commission project to expand database and analysis; Monitoring-based Commissioning — analysis of actual projects throughout the UC/CSU system; Commissioning in high-tech industries

Relationship to Other Projects

Various

Principal Investigator

• Evan Mills
• (510) 486-6784