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Resources: Helpful Links

Our engineers are continually researching the latest trends and technologies in the industry. Below you will find a few of our favorite and most informative links. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the information.

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
ACEEE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency.

California High Performance Schools

The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) aims to increase the energy efficiency of schools.

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. May 1998. "Building Commissioning-The Key to Quality Assurance." Available free.

Oregon Office of Energy
1997 to 2002. "New Construction Commissioning Handbook for Facility Managers," "Retro-commissioning Handbook for Facility Managers," "Commissioning Tool Kit," "Commissioning" (PowerPoint presentation), "Commissioning for Better Buildings in Oregon" and "Case study: Southern Oregon State Police Headquarters." All are available at the Oregon Office of Energy Web site.


New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Website dedicated to commissioning

Energy Design Resource
Energy Design Resources is a resource center for information on energy efficiency design practices and includes numerous resources related to building commissioning. Here you'll find design guidelines for commissioning, various publications, software downloads, on-line tools, and training announcements.

New Buildings Institute
NBI is a nonprofit public benefits corporation promoting energy efficiency in buildings through policy development, research, guidelines, and links to commissioning-related reports and tools.

PG&E's Pacific Energy Center
Educational programs, design tools, advice, and support to create energy efficient buildings and comfortable indoor environments---training opportunities related to building commissioning, many of which are free of charge.

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

Wilkinson, Ronald. December, 2000. "Best Practices in Commissioning in the State of Montana" Available at no cost online at the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Web site.

National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA)
Download "Building Commissioning-Recommended Guidelines by Roy Wilson, PE and Ron Wilkinson, PE (Dome-Tech VP of Operations).


Texas Engineering Experiment Station,Texas A&M University
Many papers and much information on commissioning

ASHRAE
Provides commissioning training and access to Journal papers

The University of Wisconsin at Madison Engineering Professional Development Program

Commissioning training and certification. Go to site and do a search for "commissioning."

The Building Commissioning Association (BCA)
Commissioning training and list of certified members

The California Commissioning Collaborative

The most extensive list of publications on the Internet and includes virtually all of the papers presented at the National Conferences on Building Commissioning in the last ten years.

Portland Energy Conservation (PECI)
Lists over a hundred papers and two dozen other web-sites that contain most of the present day knowledge about the commissioning quality assurance process

National Conference on Building Commissioning
Register at www.peci.org/ncbc

The Florida Sustainable Communities Center/e Design
General commissioning, indoor air quality and sustainable design. (Click on the "e-design" side of the screen, then "resources")

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
More links to commissioning resources. Also has Ronald J. Wilkinson Cx Guide-"Best Practices for Commissioning" available at no cost.

ASHRAE Journal

HPAC Engineering Magazine

Engineered Systems Magazine

The Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco
Papers and resources for commissioning