Control System Design Guide, Functional Test Guide and Test Procedures

UPDATE:
Through a recent NASEO STAC project, the Functional Testing Guide and Control System Design Guide have been updated and expanded with new content. The Guides are now in an online format and available at http://www.peci.org/ftguide.

Goal Statement:
To assemble and develop a set of manual tools, test procedures, and guides to support the commissioning of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. This phase of Functional Test Guide development focuses on commonly installed air-handling system configurations.

Results:
The FT Guide development milestones were as follows:

• Reviewed the functional test library (FLT) information that Ken Gillespie of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) had already developed. This internal PG&E task is called the Commissioning Test Protocol Library (CTPL).
   
• Revised the original scope of work and deliverables based on Ken Gillespie's ongoing work on the CTPL and on peer feedback from a working session at the National Conference on Building Commissioning 2001.
   
• Developed and delivered an FTL specification document.
   
• Published "A New Guide for Commissioning Air Handling Systems: Using a Model Functional Test" (740 KB, 14 pp), in the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) 2002 Summer Study proceedings.
   
• Distributed an internal review draft functional test (FT) Guide (Sept. 2002), including new test procedures and testing information.
   
• Distributed a semi-public FT Guide draft and obtained comments from paid reviewers (Nov. 2002)

The first public release version was released at the 11th National Conference on Building Commissioning, May 2003. The completed guides were handed out in CD-ROM format and a conference paper summarizing the guides was presented.

Downloads and Links:

• "Control Design and Functional Testing Guides" Brochure (582 KB, 2 pp)
   
• "Energy Information Systems and Diagnostic Tools" Brochure (661 KB, 2 pp)
   
• "The Air Handling Systems Functional Testing Guide: A Work in Progress", Sellers, D., T. Haasl, H. Friedman, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc., M. Piette, N. Bourassa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Presented at the National Conference on Building Commissioning. May 8-10, 2002. (522.9 KB, 13 pp)
   
• "A New Guide for Commissioning Air Handling Systems: Using a Model Functional Test", by T. Hassl et al., Proceedings of the ACEEE 2002 Summer Study (740 KB, 14 pp)
   
• "Control System Design Guide and Functional Testing Guide for Air Handling Systems: Public Release at NCBC 2003", by D. Sellers et al., Published in the Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Building Commissioning. May 2003. (1,340 KB, 14 pp.)
   
• Control System Design Guide and Functional Testing Guide for Air Handling Systems (FTG) is available for downloading.

Contact: Tudi Haasl, Portland Energy Conservation Inc. (PECI), (503) 248-4636 x215 or Mary Ann Piette, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), (510) 486-6286