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Updated on 17.8.2023

Guidelines

This "Guidelines" is a section to summarise the adopted guidelines in APEC member economies for conducting RCx. 

 

Economy Guideline Year
Australia Greening Your Building: A Toolkit for Improving Asset Performance 2007
Australia AIRAH Design Application Manual DA27 Building Commissioning 2011
Australia HVAC factsheet - Commissioning and Building Tuning 2013
Australia Handbook: Upgrading Existing Buildings 2016 and 2020
Australia SA TS 5342:2021, Building Commissioning 2021
Australia National Australian Built Environment Rating System - Energy efficiency in commercial buildings 2022
Canada Recommissioning Guide for Building Owners and Managers 2008
Canada Efficient Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC) Operation during a Pandemic: Self-evaluation Tool and Guide 2021
Hong Kong, China Technical Guidelines on Retro-commissioning 2017 and 2018
Hong Kong, China Strengthening the Technical Capability and Regional Collaboration in Implementing RCx in Buildings by BSOMES 2021
Japan Commissioning Process of Building Services Systems 2005
Japan Commissioning Manual of Building Services Systems 2010
The United States Commissioning for Federal Facilities 2006
The United States Operations & Maintenance Best Practices 2010
The United States Energy Audits and Retro-Commissioning: State and Local Policy Design Guide and Sample Policy Language 2013
The United States ASHRAE Guideline 0.2 2015
The United States Commissioning Guideline by ACG -
The United States Certification Study Guide: Building Commissioning Professional (BCxP) by ASHRAE 2022
The United States Ongoing Commissioning Best Practices by BCxA -
The United States RCx specification by NEBB -
The United States NIST Technical Notes 2024 (NIST.TN.2024) - Commissioning ASHRAE high-performance sequences of operation for multiple-zone variable air volume air handling units 2019
The United States NIST Technical Notes 2027 (NIST.TN.2027) - Retro-commissioning a performing arts centre using HVAC-Cx 2019

 

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