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GSA
Workshop Focuses on Delivery, Operation of High Performance Buildings
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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
focused on building performance at its most recent HVAC Excellence
Program workshop. “Delivery and Operations of High Performance
Buildings” was the topic of the 16th annual event, held in Albuquerque,
N.M., May 5-7. More than 70 GSA engineers, architects, project managers and
property managers attended. The technical presentations addressed
high-performance buildings, reliability-centered maintenance, total
building commissioning, photovoltaic applications, solid state lighting,
integration and operation of building control systems, SMART buildings
and a range of other subjects.
GSA created its
HVAC Excellence Program in 1998 as a tool to enhance its portfolio of
both new and renovation projects in response to evolving business
practices and client expectations. The program has been consistently
identified as an opportunity for GSA to increase tenant satisfaction
while achieving energy efficiency and ease of operations and
maintenance. Over the past several years, the Institute has facilitated
the GSA HVAC Excellence Workshop to foster integration between design of
HVAC systems and operations and maintenance issues, focusing mainly on
sustainability, functionality, operability and maintainability in GSA
buildings.
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 Institute Vice
President Earle Kennett addresses an audience of engineers, architects,
project managers and property managers during the U.S. General Services
Administration’s 16th annual HVAC Excellence Program
workshop. |
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