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also commit to sharing the                        effectiveness, and seasonal
                       specific data results with                        testing. In addition, a review of

                       USGBC for a period of five                        the hospital 10 months after
                       years, starting with the initial                  completion will be conducted
                       occupancy.                                        and an ongoing commission
                   •  Fundamental Refrigerant                            plan will be developed and

                       Management- No                                    implemented. Note that all
                       chlorofluorocarbon based                          enhanced commissioning tasks
                       refrigerants will be used on any                  will be included in the OPR and

                       equipment. All equipment                          BOD. To seek further LEED
                       installed in terms of HVAC and                    credits and establish a more
                       refrigeration will be new and                     accurate system, monitor

                       CFC free.                                         based procedures will be
                   •  Enhanced Commissioning- The                        developed and will identify the
                       Commissioning Authority(CxA)                      points to be measured and

                       provided by the contractor will                   evaluated to assess the
                       complete the following                            performance of the hospital’s
                       commissioning process                             energy and water consuming
                       activities for  the hospital’s                    systems. The CxA will address

                       operating systems and their                       the following issues established
                       assemblies based on the                           by LEED v4: roles and

                       ASHRAE Guideline 0-2005 and                       responsibilities, measurement
                       ASHRAE Guideline 1.1-2007 for                     requirements, points to be
                       all HVAC and Refrigerant                          tracked with frequency and
                       systems. The CxA is expected                      duration for trend monitoring,

                       complete the steps outlined by                    the limits of tracked points and
                       LEED in terms of verification of                  metered values, elements used
                       including a systems manual                        to evaluate performance and

                       requirement in the CDs,                           the scope of what that
                       including operator and                            includes, an action plan for
                       occupant training                                 detecting and correcting
                       requirements in the CDs,                          operational errors, training,

                       systems manual updates and                        planning for repairs necessary
                       deliveries, occupant and                          to maintain performance, and
                       operator training delivery and                    finally a frequency of analyses


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