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Emeritus ProfessorDavidFisk

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Emeritus Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6109d.fisk Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mr Tim Gordon +44 (0)20 7594 5031

 
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Location

 

426Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Lord:2016:10.1080/09613218.2016.1181955,
author = {Lord, S-F and Noye, S and Ure, J and Tennant, M and Fisk, D},
doi = {10.1080/09613218.2016.1181955},
journal = {Building Research & Information},
pages = {630--643},
title = {Comparative review of building commissioning regulation: a quality perspective},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1181955},
volume = {44},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Building regulations are an important policy instrument available to governments wishing to improve building energyefficiency, which should be a priority to policy-makers wishing to target cost-effective avenues in support of carbonabatementtargets. Meanwhile, building system commissioning has been recognized as a cost-effective measure to cutenergy consumption, but in practice commissioning quality can deliver less-than-satisfactory outcomes. Regulationneeds to better support commissioning outcomes. A five-grade commissioning scale is developed to assess the qualityof commissioning and propose a common language to assist with regulation setting. Using this scale, buildingregulation and polices related to new and refurbished building commissioning were analysed in comparative casestudies between jurisdictions England and California. This study finds that Californian regulations mandate a higherquality of commissioning and regulations that are more enforceable. The crucial elements to support bettercommissionedbuildings were identified as: outputs-focused regulation (not input based); regulation and processclarity; commissioning agents and building official training; as well as acknowledging the financial burden ofupholding more complex building regulations. For the full benefit of commissioning to be realized, policy andregulations for existing buildings will be required.
AU  - Lord,S-F
AU  - Noye,S
AU  - Ure,J
AU  - Tennant,M
AU  - Fisk,D
DO  - 10.1080/09613218.2016.1181955
EP  - 643
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0961-3218
SP  - 630
TI  - Comparative review of building commissioning regulation: a quality perspective
T2  - Building Research & Information
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1181955
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/32912
VL  - 44
ER  -
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