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Project Delivery Method: Design-build (D-B)
Owner Team: Laboratories complex management; owner representative (consultant); project manager of capital projects; facility manager (outsource staff); finance manager; third-party commissioning consultant (CxC); and third-party testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB) technician
Project Delivery Team: D-B project manager, utility company representative, and research grant representative
HVAC Project Team: HVAC D-B engineer, automatic temperature control (ATC) D-B technician, building automation system (BAS) technician (outsource staff), and energy engineering consultant (EEC)
Application: 2019 ASHRAE Handbook, HVAC Applications — Laboratories, Chapter 17; Energy Use and Management, Chapter 37; Owning and Operating Costs, Chapter 38; Building Energy Monitoring, Chapter 42; and Supervisory Control Strategies and Optimization, Chapter 43
Systems & Equipment: 2020 ASHRAE Handbook, HVAC Systems and Equipment — Central Cooling and Heating Plants, Chapter 3; Liquid-Chilling Systems, Chapter 43; Centrifugal Pumps Chapter 44; and Motors, Motor Controls, and Variable Frequency, Chapter 45
Project Type: Infrastructure lab room retrofit with individual chilled water metering, chiller metering, pump metering (primary-secondary chilled water system), and energy audit and retrofit
References: Refer to the codes and standards located in the back of each ASHRAE handbook for additional reference
Other References: ASHRAE Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits, ASHRAE Fundamentals of Design and Control of Central Chilled-Water Plants, ASHRAE Standard for Commercial Building Energy Audits, ASHRAE Standard 202 (Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems), Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), and ASHRAE Guideline 22-Instrumentation for Monitoring Central Chilled-Water Plant Efficiency.