Chase Center Arena & Mixed-Use Development: High Performance Design at Mission Bay

 

Clark Denson, PE, CEM, BEMP, SSRCx
Eric Sheffer, SSRCx

 

The ambitious Chase Center Arena and Mixed-Use Development Project in San Francisco required an interactive and collaborative design process to achieve the building performance and sustainability goals of the owner, the Golden State Warriors organization. Energy modeling was critical to achieving compliance with local codes, LEED Gold certification, and earned incentives through the Savings By Design program. This presentation will provide perspectives from the owner and design team as to how the project goals were achieved.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

• Describe the overall sustainability and energy performance goals of the project
• Explain how climate and energy analysis was used to identify applicable and cost-effective design solutions
• Show how energy modeling was used to demonstrate compliance with codes, LEED, and Savings By Design
• Learn from an Owner’s perspective on the high performance design of a world-class event center.

Sponsored by

Darren Draper, PE, CxA, Epsten Group

 

In the context of deploying automated fault detection on a university campus to deliver Monitoring-Based Commissioning services, this presentation discusses how MBCx changes the business model for Cx service providers.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

• What are the key differences between Cx, RCx and MBCx?
• How does MBCx change the way service is delivered to clients, compared to Cx and/or RCx?
• How do expectations from owners and operators change with MBCx, compared to Cx and RCx?
• What new skills are required for Cx professionals to deliver great value through MBCx, as opposed to Cx or RCx?

Indoor Air Quality in the COVID Era: Commissioning & Construction Considerations

 

Raj Setty, PE, CxA, LEED, Setty
Michael Wolf, PE, CxA, LEED AP, Farnsworth Group, Inc.

 

In response to COVID‐19, building owners, managers and tenants are rapidly planning how to adapt their current buildings to safeguard against future disruptions to occupancy. A critical part of the conversation needs to be indoor air quality (IAQ) and reducing transmissions through the air. We as an industry will need to step up our diligence to deliver and operate buildings in a much tighter IAQ paradigm. In the future, buildings can be judged on whether they mitigated transmission or not.

IAQ in commissioning and construction – is it working? How does your new functional test look for virus mitigation, and should we even have one if asked? We know there will be a functional performance test (FPT) for extra outside air, adding in UV-C or static pressure readings on the filter changes. But how does an FPT look to use these all in concert?

HyperScale Data Center Commissioning and Construction 

 

Derek De Jesus, ACG Education Committee Chair (Moderator)
Nich Zies, Microsoft
John Lutz, Facebook
Stephen Hodgin, Holder
Brandon Sedgwick, Hood Patterson & Dewar

This session will bring together experts from industry heavyweights like Facebook and Microsoft, as well as Cx providers and contractors, for a lively discussion on commissioning facilities that are now critical to virtually every aspect of our economy and our lives.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

• What qualifications data center owners look for in Cx providers
• How data center Cx has evolved
• What data center design and construction changes might be on the horizon
• The challenges to delivering more efficient data centers

Conserving Energy through Building Enclosure Commissioning

 

Elizabeth Cassin, LEED AP, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

What should a commissioning provider know to undertake Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx) with the goal to conserve energy, specifically achieving target energy consumption levels for LEED v4 and in-service energy-efficient performance? BECx activities important to producing a durable, resilient and successful building enclosure can also assist with saving energy and passing future energy audits. Topics, illustrated by a case study, will include: the OPR, critical building science and architectural issues to address in design review and specs, computer simulations, and performance testing.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

• Be able to discuss with Owners how BECx can help to manage risks and save energy during the design and construction of the building enclosure and throughout the life of the building.
• Understand the tasks associated with the BECx process.
• Describe the tests specific to the energy saving assemblies of the building enclosure.
• Explain how the requirements of LEED v4 and related industry documents impact BECx.