Building commissioning can ensure that a new building begins its life cycle at optimal productivity, and improves the likelihood that the building will maintain this level of performance.

The Building Commissioning Guidelines are divided into two sections:

Introduction to Commissioning
This section presents building owners with the definition, benefits, costs and savings of building commissioning, as well as three real-life case studies. Part I also provides guidance for selecting a commissioning provider and a rundown of each commissioning team member's role. Finally, it explains what to expect during the commissioning process and offers operation and maintenance tips that ensure the persistence of building commissioning benefits over the long term.

Commissioning Guide for Design Professionals
After a brief recap of the definition and history of building commissioning, this section explains how designers benefit from commissioning and offers a guide to provider qualifications. It also defines who manages the commissioning contract and traces the incorporation of commissioning into each phase of the building project. After a brief rundown of the roles and responsibilities of each member of the commissioning team, this section offers tips on how to market commissioning services to clients. The Appendices contain sample documents, checklists, and "commissioning-friendly" specification language.

The Building Commissioning Guidelines are comprised of eight (8) documents, all in Adobe Acrobat™ PDF format. You will need the Acrobat Reader plug-in installed in your web-browser to view these files. To download these files, save them to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing them. You also can print these files when viewing them. A complete version with cover, title page and table of contents of the handbook is available as well for hard-copy replication on digital printers.