Membership & Certification

ACG’s Upcoming In-Person CxA Workshop & Exam Opportunities

Who Should Attend?

  • Commissioning Providers
  • MEP Engineers
  • Energy Managers
  • Building Owners
  • Facility Managers
  • O&M Managers
  • Architects
  • Other Building Professionals

What is Covered?

  • Introduction to the Commissioning Process
  • New Building Commissioning
    • Pre-Design Phase
    • Design Phase
    • Construction Phase
    • Acceptance Phase
    • Post-Acceptance Phase
  • Existing Building Commissioning

Download the CxA Candidate Handbook for comprehensive information regarding the CxA certification program and examination.

Submit CxA Application Online

Instructor Bios

Darren Draper, PE, CxA, LEED AP, Epsten Group, A Salas O’Brien Company has 16 years of experience in the building services industry. He serves as commissioning agent on a wide range of facilities including university buildings, research laboratories, healthcare facilities, and data centers. He performs commissioning and retro-commissioning for HVAC, DDC controls, electrical, and plumbing systems. He also performs site investigation, equipment evaluation, corrective action, replacement part orders, energy-use evaluation, and reporting.

Derek De Jesus, CxA, over the past 25 years Mr De Jesus has been a quality inspector, commissioning provider and a commissioning owner representative for many of the hyper scale mission critical data center technology companies. As a solicitor and manager of the commissioning process Mr De Jesus brings a perspective of reducing waste, improving efficiency, shifting left issue finding and aligning quality scopes to make building projects of all types operate more efficiently and teams more effectively. He currently serves ACG as the Chair of the Education Committee and expert in the commissioning process for data centers and similar mission critical facilities. Mr De Jesus was classically trained as an electrical CxA and has used that to springboard into a well rounded certified CxA of all equipment and systems.

Al LaPera, CxA, EMP, With 47 years of professional experience, Al has worked on a broad range of building types, including educational, healthcare, and commercial facilities. He is well versed in the design and analysis of HVAC systems and providing engineering services, including planning, analysis and construction observation from project inception through construction administration. His engineering expertise focuses on systems commissioning, energy analysis and energy auditing.

Loren Morris, PE, CxA, EMP, LEED AP, is a licensed Professional Engineer and certified Commissioning Authority who has been involved in the construction industry since 1995. He has provided building commissioning and related services for a wide variety of industries and clients.  Loren has been employed with a “contractor” role with building automation systems contractor, and a “designer” role for mechanical engineering consulting firms. Experience in each of these roles has helped to provide him with insight and perspective into the challenges that each of these disciplines brings, as well as unique involvement with the commissioning industry.

CxA Workshop

97% of attendees said the CxA Workshop provided applicable and valuable new knowledge, ideas, and information.

ACG offers certification and continuing education opportunities for qualified independent commissioning providers through CxA Workshops.

Upcoming CxA Workshop & Exam: 

2-day CxA Workshop & Exam on February 11-12, 2025 (Orlando, FL in conjunction with the AHR Expo)

Location: Orange County Convention Center – Room W307D

Address: 9800 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819

Cost: $1,250.00

Approved for 12 AIA LUs.

2-day CxA Workshop & Exam on April 28 – 29, 2025 (Charlotte, NC in conjunction with the CxEnergy 2025)

CxA Workshop and Exam Schedule:

2 Day Workshop & Exam: The 2-day, 12-hour CxA Workshop includes a discussion of the commissioning process as described in the ACG Commissioning Guideline, as well as valuable practical insight on skills, strategies, and communication and documentation protocols essential to applying the process on “real world” projects. This highly interactive workshop includes many small-group breakout activities, where attendees will use project case studies to develop and discuss samples of key commissioning deliverables. The workshop is followed by the ACG certification exam, which is administered to approved candidates at the conclusion of the workshop.

Day 1 Schedule 
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CxA Workshop
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CxA Workshop

Day 2 Schedule
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CxA Workshop
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CxA Exam (Approved candidates only)

AIA-Approved Continuing Education: Each offering of the ACG Commissioning Workshop and Webinar is AIA-approved for continuing education learning units. The 1-day Commissioning Workshop counts as 5 LU Hours, and the 2-day Commissioning Workshop counts as 12 LU Hours. All attendees will receive a certificate verifying learning units after completion of the Workshop.

Note: The instructional portion of the CxA Workshop is open for all to attend.

1 Day Workshop & Exam: A 1-day 5-hour CxA Workshop that includes a discussion of the commissioning process as described in the ACG Commissioning Guideline, as well as valuable practical insight on skills, strategies, and communication and documentation protocols essential to applying the process on “real world” projects.

Schedule
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CxA Workshop
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CxA Exam (Approved candidates only)