President's Message
I hope this message finds you and yours well and in good health
Happy New Year!!!
What kind New Year resolutions if any, will you commit to? I remember last January I promised to lose 10Kg of fat and I have only 10 Kg to go, and so it goes.
Keeping our buildings in good health also means making commitments. Nothing gets better if left alone. It is not only important to do the preventive maintenance in our buildings to perform the manufactures recommendations monthly quarterly, annually, but to also take stock and judge how it is performing as commissioned or sometimes it is recommissioning RCx. Commissioning of existing buildings is quickly becoming one of the most important topics in the building management arena. There are a lot buildings out there that have never been commissioned. Even today, with mounting evidence of resulting expected benefits with the push of ESG (Environmental Social Governance), very few new buildings undergo a complete commissioning process. Instead, new buildings are typically turned over to the building operating staff with operating problems in place, incomplete documentation, and minimal operator training for building-specific equipment. The same problems occur with major equipment installations. Then, during building and equipment operations phases, the overall efficiency of mechanical systems degrades as sensors drift, short-term adjustments are made, tenant needs change, and so on. Even after adjustments are made, perhaps through a one-time recommissioning effort, performance degradation is continuous.
Where does one start? Go for the easy things to begin with. Schedule confirmation is an easy one. So often we override equipment or lights on or setpoint controls and forget to release them. This verifies and restores equipment operation with original design intent and/or to meet current operating needs. Making sure the field readings agree with the data readings. Such things as looking at damper position and exercising them and viewing the dampers viewing that they are in agreement. The same as valve positions and temperature readings all of these are important for the control of costs and operations of the building systems.
There is a association out there Building Commissioning Association (BCxA)s. if you need more information or want to go further.
The building Operators Association will delay the trade show to the spring. We send regrets and will try to arrange it to not coincide with the oil and gas shows that typically run the spring dates. I will contact the companies that made inquiries to let them know of the proposed schedule.
By now you should have received the membership dues notification. I hope you will process it asap. It is our source of revenue that allows us to continue. Please, support us as we support you.
See you at the next meeting, January 14th at the Danish Canadian Club
The building Operators Association will delay the trade show to the spring. We send regrets and will try to arrange it to not coincide with the oil and gas shows that typically run the spring dates. I will contact the companies that made inquiries to let them know of the proposed schedule.
By now you should have received the membership dues notification. I hope you will process it asap. It is our source of revenue that allows us to continue. Please, support us as we support you.
Smiles)) Les Anderson
Let us have a safe 2025
See you at the next meeting, December 10th at the Danish Canadian Club
Les Anderson
