The link between continuous commissioning and sustainable growth: A sustainable business model

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-155

  Cook, Phil ^a   Khare, Anshuman ^b  

^a HONEYWELL   (United States)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building systems maintenance; Continuous commissioning; Cost of operations; Energy conservation measures; Facilities management; HVAC maintenance; Non energy impacts; Recommissioning; Remote building analysis and optimization; Retro commissioning; Sustainable growth

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE; CONTINUOUS COMMISSIONING; COST OF OPERATIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES; FACILITIES MANAGEMENT; HVAC MAINTENANCE; NON-ENERGY; RECOMMISSIONING; REMOTE BUILDING ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION; RETRO-COMMISSIONING; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH;

AIR QUALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDOOR AIR; OPTIMIZATION; SECURITY; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 79954556688     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/inbi.2009.0017     Document Type: Article

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