%0 Conference Proceedings %B ASHRAE Transactions %D 1996 %T Development and Testing of a Prototype Tool for HVAC Control System Commissioning %A Philip Haves %A Jorgensen, D.R. %A Tim I. Salsbury %A Arthur L. Dexter %K air conditioning %K automatic %K commissioning %K controls %K prototypes %K testing %K year 1996 %X

Describes a set of automated tests for use in commissioning the controls associated with coils and mixing boxes in air-handling units. The test procedures were developed using a computer simulation of an office building air conditioning system and were verified by manual testing in real buildings. A prototype automated commissioning system was then evaluated in blind tests on a large air conditioning test rig. Concludes that automated commissioning has the potential to reduce the cost and increase the thoroughness of HVAC controls commissioning. A prototype commissioning tool is under development based on the described approach.

%B ASHRAE Transactions %7 1 %C Atlanta, GA %V 102 %G eng %N Pt. 1