March 6, 2015: ASHRAE Announces Spring Online Courses, New Commissioning Course
New Course Reviews the Commissioning Requirements Embodied in Standard 202
ATLANTA — ASHRAE has announced the addition of a new online course focused on requirements in its first commissioning standard. The course, “Commissioning Process and Standard 202,” taught by Walter Grondzik, P.E., is being held March 25, 2015. It is one of 12 ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) spring online courses being offered.
In 2005, ASHRAE Guideline 0, The Commissioning Process, addressed commissioning as a voluntary element. With the incorporation of mandatory commissioning requirements in standards, such as ASHRAE/IES/USGBC Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings, it was determined that a code-language description of the commissioning process was needed. That need was filled with publication of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 202-2013, Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems, which provides information on minimum acceptable commissioning process practices.