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Table 1. Commissioning Tasks for
Pressurization in Healthcare Facilities.
Fundamental
Commissioning
(Prerequisite 1)
Enhanced
Commissioning
(EA Credit 3)
General Describe acceptance
tests in the contract
documents.
Include
commissioning team
members during all
phases.
Patient
Rooms
Verify airflow rates at
high and low values of
cooling and ventilation
rate.
Verify pressurization
throughout operating
range.
Commissioning team
reviews design,
include voice of user
and safety.
Protective
Environment
Room (PE)
Verify airflow rates at
high and low values of
cooling, exhaust and
ventilation rate.
Verify pressurization
throughout operating
range.
Commissioning team
reviews design,
include voice of user
and safety.
Train personnel to
use containment.
Airborne
Infectious
Isolation
Room (AIIR)
Verify airflow rates at
high and low values of
cooling, exhaust and
ventilation rate.
Verify pressurization
throughout operating
range.
Commissioning team
reviews design,
include voice of user
and safety.
Train personnel to
use containment.
Supply Air
Handler
Verify supply air
temperature control in
all conditioning modes
(for example, heating,
cooling, heat recovery).
Verify flow, pressure
and power levels at
high and low loads.
Train building
operators intended
sequence of heating
and cooling functions.
Exhaust Fan
System
Record exhaust system
operation at high and
low load to verify that
the system turns down
as intended.
Commissioning team
reviews design.
Train building
operators to
recognize exhaust
capacity adjustments.
High-Purity
Water Supply
Verify water reject
rates.
Train users to use
energy and water
saving settings of
water systems.
Optimize Energy Performance
Minimum Energy Performance (EA P2)
establishes the minimum level of energy
performance for healthcare building and systems.
The energy code to establish energy performance is
ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2004 (without amendments).
Compliance for GGHC may be attained from one of
the following:
 Obtain an EPA energy start rating of 75 or
higher for estimated energy use.
 Demonstrate proposed building performance
meets ASHRAE 90.1-2004 Energy Cost Budget.
 Design building to comply with both mandatory
provisions and prescriptive provisions of
ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2004 (without
amendments).
More information about the EPA's Energy Star
Program for Healthcare can be found at:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=healthcare.b
us_healthcare
Optimize Energy Performance (EA1) establishes
increasing levels of energy performance above
minimum energy performance levels established by
GGHC prerequisite EAP2 baseline and compared to
ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004. Compliance requires
building energy performance to be modeled using
DOE2.1, BLAST or Energy Plus in accordance with
the Building Performance Rating Method in
Appendix G of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004.
Controls–Mandatory Provisions
ASHRAE 90.1-2004 documents mandatory
automatic control provisions in section 6.4.3 of the
standard. Application Specific Controllers (ASCs)
are oriented towards a single piece of equipment
(VAV box, Unit Ventilator, Fan Coil, etc.) and contain
a fixed program optimized to control equipment and
the following mandatory provisions of ASHRAE
90.1-2004:
 Deadband (6.4.3.1.2)
 Setpoint Overlap Restriction (6.4.3.2)
 Setback Controls(6.4.3.2.2)
Typically, the following mandatory provisions of
ASHRAE 90.1-2004 are found in either Custom
Application Controllers or Building Controllers that
facilitate global control strategies, such as:
 Automatic Shutdown (6.4.3.2.1)
 Optimum Start Controls(6.4.3.2.3)