Quality Assurance Flashcards
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Which ASHRAE standard sets the minimum acceptable commissioning process for buildings and systems?
Answer: ASHRAE Standard 202
ASHRAE Standard 202 is titled 'Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems' and sets minimum Cx process requirements.
Which document records the owner's functional requirements and expectations for how the building will be used and operated?
Answer: Owner's Project Requirements (OPR)
The OPR records the owner's goals, performance criteria and expectations, and commissioning checks the work against it.
Who is primarily responsible for preparing the Basis of Design (BOD)?
Answer: The design team
The design team writes the BOD to record the assumptions, criteria and decisions it used to meet the OPR.
In the ASHRAE commissioning process, when should commissioning ideally begin?
Answer: During pre-design
Commissioning should start in pre-design so the OPR is set up before design decisions are made.
What is the main purpose of a commissioning issues log?
Answer: To record deficiencies and follow each one until it is resolved
The issues log records each deficiency, who is responsible for it and how it was resolved, so nothing is dropped.
A chiller plant is finished in January, so cooling-mode tests cannot be run under design conditions. What is the correct QA approach?
Answer: Schedule deferred seasonal testing when conditions allow
Seasonal (deferred) testing checks operation in modes that cannot be tested at turnover because of the weather.
Which commissioning deliverable gives operators the information needed to run and maintain the systems over the building's life?
Answer: Systems manual
The systems manual collects the OPR, BOD, sequences, O&M data and test results for ongoing operation.