COMISSIONAMENTO DE SISTEMAS PREDIAIS DE ÁGUA QUENTE – REQUISITOS DE PROJETO DO PROPRIETÁRIO

Abstract

The improvement of the building’s performance and reduction of its environmental impact, which comprises energy and water efficiency, require the use of advanced technology. The insertion of such technologies increases the complexity of the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and therefore increases the need of planning, detailing and controlling the phases of the construction process, as well as the training of the building operation and maintenance staff. Therefore, the search for better building performance levels requires a structured approach of all the stages of the building process, as well as its operation. The commissioning process has the objective of assuring and proving that the owner’s project requirements will be met, improving the building’s performance, as well as reducing the errors that arise from the construction and operation process. This paper presents a proposal of Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR’s) for the commissioning of hot water building systems. The method applied to develop the requirements was based on the framework stablished by ISO19208 (ISO, 2016) combined with the requirements present in the national technical standards regarding hot water building systems. The research results are expected to promote the practice of building commissioning, as well as to help structuring the practice of the commissioning of hot water building systems.