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Commissioning

Building Commissioning in Kansas City

Gain enhanced building performance with commissioning

Our in-depth building commissioning process (CxP) ensures we meet your expectations throughout the life of your project in Kansas City.

To safeguard the investment made in your building, McCownGordon recommends engaging our expert commissioning team. Our licensed commissioning experts validate documents and systems, ensuring they are set up and operating at levels that meet your expectations. There are three types of commissioning we offer clients: New Building Commissioning, for newly constructed facilities; Retro/Existing Building Commissioning, designed to optimize older building performance; and Monitoring-Based Commissioning, which provides regular and consistent monitoring to manage your building systems. 

Commissioning Services

New Building Commissioning
Retro/Existing Building Commissioning
Monitoring-based Commissioning
Building Assessment
Retro-Commissioning at McCownGordon is designed to reduce building energy loss.

NEW BUILDING COMMISSIONING

New building commissioning is a quality assurance procedure for recently constructed structures. It involves a systematic verification to ensure proper functionality of all building systems, including electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation prior to occupancy. The objective is to ensure the efficient, safe and design-aligned operation of the building.

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RETRO/EXISTING BUILDING COMMISSIONING

When working with older structures, the importance of retro/existing building commissioning becomes evident. It encompasses a thorough assessment of the performance of an already-existing structure, with the objective of pinpointing opportunities for enhancement. This may involve refining energy utilization, elevating occupant comfort, and lowering operational expenses. Essentially, it resembles a renovation initiative, but with a primary focus on enhancing the operational efficiency of the building.

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MONITORING-BASED COMMISSIONING

Adopting a proactive stance toward building maintenance, monitoring-based commissioning utilizes cutting-edge technology for ongoing surveillance of diverse building systems, such as HVAC and lighting. Alerts are generated upon any deviations from anticipated performance, facilitating prompt interventions to avert problems and enhance resource efficiency. Picture it as real-time diagnostics for your building’s well-being. Furthermore, this approach can be enhanced with optimization, wherein the building’s setpoints, schedules and sequence of operations are precisely adjusted to align with its characteristics.

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BUILDING ASSESSMENTS

Our team of professionals delivers a comprehensive perspective on your building’s status to identify the optimal construction process. Conducting a Building Assessment, our team scrutinizes the building’s condition and systems to assess risks and overall performance. With a strong commitment to quality, we conduct an early evaluation of the building and site during preconstruction to minimize the environmental impact of practices and materials, emphasizing life cycle assessments (LCA). Employing tools such as Sefaira and our in-house LCA tool, we swiftly assess energy usage against utility, maintenance and replacement costs, presenting our clients with the most sustainable choice.

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Meet the Team

Emily Tilgner, McCownGordon

Emily Tilgner

VP, Building Performance Solutions

Jereme Nollett, Sr Commissioning Manager at McCownGordon

Jereme Nollett

Senior Commissioning Manager

Andrew Shaver

Sr. Commissioning Specialist

Emily Tilgner, McCownGordon

Emily Tilgner

VP, Building Performance Solutions

Emily Leads multiple departments, including our MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing), Structural, Commissioning, Sustainability and QAQC teams. She brings a wealth of experience to the team, adding crucial knowledge when it comes to the systems of complex projects. With a long history in design, Emily’s unique perspective helps projects spot potential issues long before they happen.

Jereme Nollett, Sr Commissioning Manager at McCownGordon

Jereme Nollett

Senior Commissioning Manager

Leveraging his years of experience, Jereme specializes in building performance optimization, life- cycle cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, carbon footprint reduction and energy conservation measures. He has a diverse background in system design, new and retrocommissioning, energy management, and test & balance with apassion for sustainable design and building optimization, resulting in an extensive understanding of MEP systems, their functionality and interaction with one another.

Andrew Shaver

Sr. Commissioning Specialist

Andrew brings a different viewpoint to the commissioning process. Coming from a background of facilities management and program management for construction activities in multi-site organizations, Andrew has spent time across the table as the owner. He has lead activities such as directing design decisions, operating procedures, leading multiple design-build projects, and understanding the cost associated with mechanical systems and their requirements. Over the last decade, he has worked to institute new and retro-commissioning in the facilities he served and advocated for optimization to prolong the life of mechanical systems, reducing operating costs, and aligning real-world metrics with design intent for optimal occupant comfort and usability.

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Benefits of Commissioning in Kansas City

1. Energy Savings

  • Projects with a comprehensive commissioning approach have up to 5x savings of the projects not commissioned.
  • Average savings of 75% of the original savings after 20 years.
  • Value of energy savings ranges from $0.02 to $0.19/SF
  • Value of non-energy savings ranges from $0.23 to $6.96/SF
  • Average costs are 0.4% of total construction

2. Affordability + Additional Savings

CxP delivers an average of 13 to 16% annual energy savings, 8 to 20% lower equipment maintenance costs, better equipment performance and better indoor air quality (IAQ). The average ROI for CxP range from 1.1 to 4.2 years—a solid return on your investment.

3. Reduced Maintenance and Future Costs

  • Owner maintenance costs of a commissioned building on average range between 18 to 20% less than a non-commissioned building. 
  • Between 46% to 62% of deficiencies identified during commissioning would manifest as higher repair/maintenance costs in the future.

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