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State-of-the-Art Review for Commissioning Low Energy Buildings: Existing Cost/Benefit and Persistence Methodologies and Data, State of Development of Automated Tools and Assessment of Needs for Commissioning ZEB
Published
Author(s)
Marti Frank, Hannah Friedman, Kristin Heinemeier, Cory Toole, David Claridge, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Philip Haves
Abstract
This report documents the findings of a review of the state of the art in the commissioning of low energy buildings. The purpose of this report is threefold: 1) To identify and assess existing methodologies for defining the costs and benefits of commissioning, including the persistence of benefits; 2) To review and assess the state of the art in automated and semi-automated commissioning tools; and 3) To assess current practices for commissioning low energy buildings and identify the needs for methods and tools that go beyond what conventional commissioning approaches can offer. Specific R&D recommendations are included in each chapter of the report and a summary is included in the Conclusions.
Frank, M.
, Friedman, H.
, Heinemeier, K.
, Toole, C.
, Claridge, D.
, Milesi-Ferretti, N.
and Haves, P.
(2007),
State-of-the-Art Review for Commissioning Low Energy Buildings: Existing Cost/Benefit and Persistence Methodologies and Data, State of Development of Automated Tools and Assessment of Needs for Commissioning ZEB, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861017
(Accessed October 20, 2025)