| What is LEED Commissioning? LEED is equivalent to | | | | commissioning plan. This commissioning plan is |
| Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This | | | | important as a reference. This plan should include |
| commissioning is a process that ensures all the parts | | | | details like number of team members, equipments |
| and systems are installed, designed, operated and | | | | used, commissioning tasks and also schedule in |
| maintained according the client or owner's | | | | carrying out the project. |
| requirement. The LEED consists of a lot of | | | | Next requirement that has to be followed is to |
| categories, such as LEED for Existing Building, LEED | | | | develop a basis of design or BOD and produce paper |
| for New Construction, LEED for schools and many | | | | work for owner's project requirements or OPRs. The |
| more. In this article, LEED commissioning in new and | | | | documentations can be used as a guideline for the |
| existing buildings will be described. | | | | team members so that they will know how to |
| There are certain requirements needed to be fulfilled | | | | perform their tasks and try to achieve the |
| for LEED Commissioning. In the LEED for New | | | | requirements as close as possible. To ensure that this |
| Construction, basic commissioning is a must and the | | | | document is valid, the CxA will review on these |
| team will be awarded with an additional point if they | | | | documents before initiating the job. The CxA has the |
| perform the enhanced commissioning. The first | | | | authority to amend the documents if they think that |
| fundamental requirement for this commissioning is to | | | | the documents are not suitable. |
| assign a commissioning authority (CxA) to lead the | | | | Lastly, commissioning specifications need to be |
| commissioning process. This authority must be | | | | developed as well. These specifications are needed |
| completely independent in terms of the construction | | | | to inform the contractors about their responsibilities |
| management and also the design of the project. | | | | and these documents should be incorporated into bid |
| The second requirement that is compulsory to be | | | | documents. |
| performed is to implement and develop a | | | | |