News & Resources

 

Latest EEI News

 

EEI Donates Building Commissioning Services for Haiti Orphanage and Children's Center Project

EEI Awarded $2.5 Million Retro-Commissioning Contract to Improve Energy Performance and Indoor Air Quality of VA Hospitals

EEI Awarded Federal Energy Management Contract

EEI Employees Named as Commissioning Providers for Puget Sound Energy

 

Reference Articles

 

McGraw Hill Reports Green Building Marketing Grew 50% in Last Two Years (2011)

Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Toolkit (2011)

Energy Efficiency Leading to Higher Performing Schools (2011)

Building Commissioning Savings (2011)

Retro-Commissioning:  Introduction and Suggested Best Practices (2010)

Want to Save Money?  Commission Your Building (2009)

Building Commissioning:  A Golden Opportunity for Reducing Energy Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2009)

Building Commissioning:  How Cost Effective is it?  (2008)

LEED® Whole Building Approach

Energy Performance of LEED® for New Construction (2008)

Does Green Payoff? (2008)

A Healthcare Owner's Perspective on Commissioning as presented at the National Conference on Building Commissioning (2006)

The Cost-Effectiveness of Commissioning New and Existing Commercial Buildings: Lessons from 224 Buildings (2005)

What exactly is LEED®? (2005)

 

Case Studies

 

The Viability of Commissioning in New School Construction (2007)


Code/Reference Materials


ASHRAE Guideline - The Commissioning Process

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007:  A Summary of Major Provisions (Congressional Research Service)

Energy Policy Act of 2005

Executive Order 13423:  Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management

Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings Memorandum of Understanding

Instructions for Implementing Executive Order 13423:  Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management

State of California - Building Standards Commission - Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen)

State of California - Building Standards Commission - Guide to the California Green Building Standards Code - Non-Residential (Commissioning)

State of California - Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Non-residential Buildings (Title 24)


Helpful Organizations


American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Building Commissioning Association (BCA)

Energy Star

Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC)

National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO)

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

 
 
 

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