Retrocommissioning (RCx)
Led by engineering and technical staff, RCx is the industry standard application of the commissioning process to existing buildings. RCx is a process that seeks to improve how building equipment and systems, such as HVAC, lighting and electrical systems, function together. Depending on the age of the building, RCx can often resolve problems that occurred during the design or construction, or address problems that have developed throughout the building’s life. In all, RCx improves a building’s operations and maintenance (O&M) procedures to enhance overall building performance.
New buildings commissioning (Cx)
Cx is the industry standard application of the commissioning process for new buildings. Led by our engineering and technical staff, Cx is a process that seeks to confirm that all systems are working together as designed when the building is cleared for occupancy.
Custom efficiency measures and audit support
Led by technical and delivery staff, and always enabled by calculation or modeling engines or tools; refers to the process of taking modeled energy consumption information about a building, process or home, deciding which unique energy savings measures would be most applicable, and offering them to the customer or client in a program or report.
Energy efficiency analysis and engineering support
General support for Engineering & Technical Capabilities at CLEAResult are delivered by our Regional Engineering teams and include any delivery scope that touches energy engineering and analysis, energy or demand response measure development, energy modeling, and highly technical in-building support, such as with ASHRAE level audits or commissioning services.
Efficiency technology measurement, evaluation and analysis
The industry is constantly evolving, existing technologies improve, and new technologies hit the market. Led by the engineering and technical staff, this offering refers to the review of existing and new technologies for inclusion in the program offerings based on energy savings, cost effectiveness, market potential, and more. Savings and calculation methodologies are defined by development in a work paper and/or calculation tool, often being memorialized in state or local Technical Reference Manuals.
Measurement & verification (M&V)
The process for quantifying savings delivered by an energy conservation measure (ECM) as well as the sub-sector of the energy industry involved with this practice. M&V can also be completed outside of a program, as a stand-alone activity.
Prescriptive measure support
Led by delivery and sometimes technical staff, and often enabled by calculation, or modeling engines or tools; refers to the process of taking assumed or collected energy consumption information about a building or home, and offering pre-configured, deemed savings measures from an approved measure list to the customer.
Whole building / site energy modeling
Ability to create physics-based models of new and existing buildings and their systems; evaluate, select, use, calibrate and interpret the results of energy modeling software when applied to buildings and systems energy performance and economics. Energy modeling in both commercial and residential is typically only done for whole building offerings with multiple measures for new construction or deep retrofit projects, allowing interactive effects to be accounted for.