Our friends at M.E. Group have offered to do the fundamental commissioning on our new building! Fundamental commissioning is a prerequisite for the Energy and Atmosphere category under LEED.
As discussed on M.E. Group's website, commissioning of existing buildings (otherwise known as retro-commissioning or re-commissioning) is an important tool in ensuring the performance of a building over time. It helps building owners realize cost savings, and helps facility managers make the case for increased maintenance and energy efficiency improvements.
The resulting report it identifies both low/no cost implementation strategies and capital intensive facility improvement measures.
Our landlord is not familiar with commissioning - yet. In addition, because leases at 1821 Blake Street are all modified gross, the owners pass through the operating costs of the building to the tenants and so won't directly benefit from the cost savings that would result from commissioning.
The first step will be to educate them on what commissioning involves and the benefit to the entire building, and to make a case for the benefit it will have to the owners' bottom line. They will need to give us permission to access the building-wide systems - so the process of building a strong relationship with the owners will be critical.
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