Publication Details
Beyond Commissioning: The Role of Automation
Citation
Brambley MR, and S Katipamula. 2005. Beyond Commissioning: The Role of Automation. PNNL-14990, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Formal Report
Abstract
This article takes a brief look at the benefits of commissioning and describes a vision of the future where most of the objectives of commissioning will be accomplished automatically by capabilities built into the building systems themselves. Commissioning will become an activity that’s performed continuously rather than periodically, and only repairs requiring replacement or overhaul of equipment will require manual intervention. The article then identifies some of the technologies that will be needed to realize this vision and ends with a call for all involved in the enterprise of building commissioning and automation to embrace and dedicate themselves to a future of automated commissioning.
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