January 2013 Monthly Meeting

When
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Meeting Title
Building Envelope Commissioning
Location

Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204

Presenters
John Duncan, AIA, Morrison Hershfield
Description

"Building Envelope Commissioning" will discuss the process of envelope commissioning and how the NIBS structure can be implemented. ASHRAE states, "The Commissioning Process is a quality-focused process for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meets defined objectives and criteria."

Drawing on project experience from across North America, the presentation will examine the need for commissioning the passive building envelope systems, the process, the challenges and the impact on energy performance.

1 LU HSW/SD

John is a licensed architect with over 15 years of experience as a designer in Portland. He has worked as a project architect and project manager on highrise residential buildngs, medical office buildings, commercial construction, and schools. He is proficient at building envelope design with more than three years of experience as a Façade Consultant, currently working at Morrison Hershfield. John has conducted Building Envelope Commissioning and also acted as the facade consultant on a wide range of projects.