ASHRAE Correct Ans - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers
ANSI Correct Ans - American National Standards Institute
ASTM Correct Ans - ASTM International, formerly known as American
Society for Testing and Materials
ISO Correct Ans - International Organization for Standardization
ASME Correct Ans - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
NFPA Correct Ans - National Fire Protection Association
SMACNA Correct Ans - Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors'
National Association
What does EBCx stand for? Correct Ans - Existing Building
Commissioning
What does FIM stand for? Correct Ans - Facility improvement measure
What does NETA stand for? Correct Ans - International Electricl
Testing Associaiton
What does NFPA stand for? Correct Ans - National Fire Protection
Associaiton
What does NICET stand for? Correct Ans - National Institute for
Certificaiton in Engineering Technology
What does CFR stand for? Correct Ans - Current Facility Requirements
,Define ACG Correct Ans - AABC Commissioning Group. A non-profit
association dedicated to the advancement of the building commissioning
industry
What does AABC stand for? Correct Ans - Associated air balance
council
What does AI stand for? Correct Ans - Analog Input
What does AO stand for? Correct Ans - Analog Output
What does ATC stand for? Correct Ans - Automatic Temperature
Controls
What does BAS stand for? Correct Ans - Building Automation system
What does CA stand for? Correct Ans - Commissioning Authority
What does CT stand for? Correct Ans - Cooling Tower
What does CHWR stand for? Correct Ans - Chilled water return
What does CHWS stand for? Correct Ans - Chilled water supply
What does CWR stand for? Correct Ans - Condenser water return
What does CWS stand for? Correct Ans - Condenser water supply
What does DDC stand for? Correct Ans - Direct Digital Control
What does DI stand for? Correct Ans - Digital Input
What does DID stand for? Correct Ans - Design Intent Document
What does DO stand for? Correct Ans - Digital output
Define FPT Correct Ans - Functional Preformance Test. Process of
testing the DDC/BAS/EMS in every possible condition and verifying correct
equipment response. This is the "Heart of the commissioning process".
,What does HVAC stand for? Correct Ans - Heating, Ventilation & Air
Conditioning
What does IAQ stand for? Correct Ans - Indoor Air Quality
What does LEED stand for? Correct Ans - Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design, USGBC trademarked "Green Building Rating System"
What doesO&M stand for? Correct Ans - Operation and Maintenance
What does OA stand for? Correct Ans - Outside Air
What does PM stand for? Correct Ans - Preventive Maintenance
What does RFP stand for? Correct Ans - Request for proposal
What does RFT stand for? Correct Ans - Resolution Tracking Form
What does SVC stand for? Correct Ans - System Verificaiton Checklist
Define TAB Correct Ans - Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing or Test and
Balance. Process of controlling air and water flow through HVAC equipment.
Recommended that a third party be directly contracted with owner
What does TBE stand for? Correct Ans - Test and Balance Engineer
What does USGBC stand for? Correct Ans - United States Green
Building Council
What does ECM stand for? Correct Ans - Energy Conservation Measure
What does ANSI stand for? Correct Ans - Americans National
Standards Institute
What does ASTM stand for? Correct Ans - American Society for Testing
and Materials International
, What does ISO stand for? Correct Ans - International Organization for
Standards
What does ARI or AHRI stand for? Correct Ans - Air Conditionaing,
(Heating), and Refrigeration Instiute
What does ACCA stand for? Correct Ans - Air Conditioning Contractors
of America
Define UL Correct Ans - Underwriters Laboraories - Demonstrates
safety, conformance, sustainablility, etc.
What does ASME stand for? Correct Ans - American Society for
Mechanical Enginners
What does SMACNA stand for? Correct Ans - Sheet Metal and Air
Conditioning Contractos National Institute
Define Commissioning Correct Ans - A systematic process that
facilities and ensure the required communication, coordination testing, and
verification and results in the delivery of a building whose HVAC systems
preform as intended.
During what phase should Commissioning be incorporated? Correct Ans -
For best results Commissioning should be included in all phases of the design
and construction process
Typically how much does Commissioning cost? Correct Ans -
Comprehensive HVAC Comissioning cost 2%-5% of HVAC construction cost
Define RFQ Correct Ans - Request for Qualifications. Document asking
for details concerning previous relevant Cx experience. Information includes:
Define Re-Commissioning Correct Ans - Periodically Re-
commissioning systems that were commissioned when they were new. The
purpose is to diagnose the cause of ongoing, unresolved problems or as part of
a planned preventive maintenance program to prevent issued from arising
over time.
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