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

August 1, 2007

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.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7356

Report Number

7356

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Annex 47, automated tools, benefit, commissioning, cost, fault detection and diagnostics, zero energy buildings

Citation

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 27, 2025)