The following services define the scope of work according to the LEED Rating System Fundamental Commissioning and Verification: Develop commissioning specifications detailing the roles and responsibilities and activities required to commission the facility. Review of the Owner’s Project Requirements and Basis of Design. Develop a Commissioning Plan and submit it to the team at the outset of the project. Define all activities to be taken up by the CxA and identify a team member to be present for each activity. Include a checklist of equipment to be tested during Functional Performance Testing. Develop Pre-functional Checklists and distribute to the team. The MEP and controls contractors shall complete the checklists as startup and initial checkout are performed. The CxA shall then document that the checklists and startup were completed according to the approved plans. This may entail the CxA witnessing the startup of selected equipment. Develop specific equipment and system Functional Performance Test Procedures. The functional testing performed by contractors and witnessed by the CxA shall include operating the system and components through each of the written sequences of operation, including heating and cooling modes as well as other identified operational variances. Functional testing shall be done using conventional manual methods, control system trend logs and read-outs, or stand-alone data-loggers, to provide a high level of confidence in the functionality of the system, as deemed appropriate by the CxA and the owner for the applicable systems on the project.
