%0 Conference Proceedings
%K controls
%K testing
%K air conditioning
%K commissioning
%K automatic
%K prototypes
%K year 1996
%A Philip Haves
%A D.R Jorgensen
%A Tim I Salsbury
%A Arthur L Dexter
%B ASHRAE Transactions
%C Atlanta, GA
%D 1996
%G eng
%N Pt. 1
%T Development and Testing of a Prototype Tool for HVAC Control System Commissioning
%V 102
%7 1
%X <p>Describes a set of automated tests for use in commissioning the controls associated with coils and mixing boxes in air-handling units. The test procedures were developed using a computer simulation of an office building air conditioning system and were verified by manual testing in real buildings. A prototype automated commissioning system was then evaluated in blind tests on a large air conditioning test rig. Concludes that automated commissioning has the potential to reduce the cost and increase the thoroughness of HVAC controls commissioning. A prototype commissioning tool is under development based on the described approach.</p>