Galicia Commissioning Group, Inc.
"Looking at the big picture and zooming in on the details."
(760) 610-6502
Services
CA, Mechanical Acceptance Testing/Documentation
Acceptance testing is the process by which a field technician verifies the installation and operation of newly installed equipment or construction elements of a nonresidential building. Since 2005, the Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Standards) has required acceptance testing for nonresidential buildings. Acceptance testing ensures that installed equipment, controls, and systems in nonresidential buildings operate as required by the Standards and that the building owner and occupants receive the desired energy efficiency benefits. Acceptance testing is currently required for a wide range of installations including (but not limited to): Insulation, Lighting Controls, Mechanical Systems (domestic hot water, heating, ventilation and air conditioning or HVAC), and other Covered Processes (i.e., escalators, elevators, refrigerated warehouses, etc.).
Building Commissioning
"Today's HVAC systems must be energy efficient, satisfy stringent indoor air quality and comfort expectations, and still be designed and constructed within tight budgets. System designs meeting these demands typically have many components, sub-systems, and controls. Additionally, building construction involves many specialized trades that often work independently of one another." For a full description, click on the button below.
LEED Building Commissioning
LEED Commissioning Further support the design, construction, and eventual operation of a project that meets the owner's project requirements for energy, water, indoor environmental quality, and durability. For a full description, click on the button below.
Retro Building Commissioning
Retro-commissioning is a systematic process performed by a team of Technicians and Engineers to identify systems that have shifted away from original design operating parameters. In any building changes throughout the years occur whether through internal remodeling or use of space. For a full description, click on the button below.
ASHRAE Building Energy Auditing
Energy audits are the first step in identifying if a building's capital expenses can be reduced. Level 1 energy audit is the most commonly used to quickly identify energy usage between similar buildings. In the case where property managers can easily access data from multiple buildings and energy analysis can easily determine which building needs to have a further analysis to correct and restore energy systems operation to the intent design. For a full description, click on the button below.
Cal Green Building Commissioning
CALGreen Section: 5.410.2 Commissioning. For new buildings 10,000 square feet and over, building commissioning shall be included in the design and construction processes of the building project to verify that the building systems and components meet the owner's or owner representative's project requirements. For a full description, click on the button below.
T-24 Documentations
Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, known as the California Building Standards Code of just "Title 24", contains the regulations that govern the construction of buildings in California. New construction or renovations of buildings require architects, engineers and designers to account for energies gains and losses. For a full description, click on the button below.
T-24 Peer Review Compliance
California Energy Commission, Section 120.8(d). Design Reviewer Requirements. For buildings less than 10,000 square feet, design phase design review may be completed by the desin engineer. Buildings between 10,000 and 50,000 square feet require completion of the Design Review Checklist by either an engineer in-house to the design firm but not associated with the building project, or a third party design engineer. For a full description, click on the button below.
Conditional Based Maintenance Audits
Conditional Based Maintenance can help reduce unforeseen cost. Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) is a maintenance strategy that uses the actual condition of the asset to decide what maintenance needs to be first. CBM dictates that maintenance should only be performed when certain indicators show signs of decreasing performance or upcoming failure. For a full description, click on the button below.
Critical Process Breakdown Contingency Planning
For many facilities, the most critical part of the business is the equipment that keeps the business productive. When that equipment or the systems that supports that equipment breaks down, the business can start to suffer quickly as production grinds to a halt, revenue begins to fall, profits. Short-term effects can lead to very difficult long-term consequences for the business if production is not restored quickly. For a full description, click on the button below.