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Technical Services
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
BESL has five LEEDTM (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design)
Accredited Professionals on their team. We can provide
technical assistance in selecting sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy
efficiency, materials and resources selection, indoor environmental quality, and
innovation and design processes.
Measurement &
Verification
Energy Performance Contracting is a
smart, affordable and increasingly common way to make building improvements that
save energy and money. Measurement
and Verification (M&V) is the method used
to verify
results of energy efficiency, water efficiency, and renewable energy projects in
commercial and industrial facilities.
Texas A&M researchers within the BESL group were some of the first developers of the M&V processes that have
become practice today, and that have been incorporated into the
International Performance Measurement
& Verification Protocol
(IPMVP) and
Federal Energy Management Program
(FEMP) protocols. We provide M&V services like
Direct M&V technical support,
Independent third party review of M&V plans,
Validation of onsite M&V activities and
Consultation for federal M&V requirements and programs.
Energy Audit
 An
energy audit is a survey of a building or facility that provides sufficiently
detailed information allowing the owner to implement energy or water-savings
programs. The energy audit will include information such as appropriate energy
and water conservation maintenance and operating procedures, energy conservation
measures, energy saving calculations, pay-back estimation strategies to
implement the measures. BESL offers both preliminary and in-depth energy audit
services.
Building Commissioning
 The
basic purpose of building commissioning is to provide documented confirmation
that building systems design and functions are in compliance with the intent of
the owners
and occupants, as well as to satisfy the owner's operational needs. Commissioning of
existing systems may require the development of new functional criteria in order
to address the owner's current systems performance requirements. BESL offers
commissioning services such as New Building Commissioning, Retrofit
Commissioning and Continuous Commissioning SM. BESL is a member of
the
Building Commissioning Association.
Indoor Air
Quality
Indoor Air Quality continues to be of nationwide interest in the areas of health, worker
productivity, morale, quality work environment, and potential litigation. GTRI
researchers within the BESL group are leading the way in development of
building diagnostics, impact assessment, and corrective actions. Specific
services address building walkthrough, sampling, evaluation of cleaners,
ventilation systems, microbial contamination, and metabolic emissions
analysis. Our approach is to team with you to develop an overall program for
continuous review and improvement of Indoor Air Quality.
Distributed Energy Resources
Distributed energy resources are a variety of small, modular,
power-generating technologies that can be combined with energy management and
storage systems and used to improve the operation of the electricity delivery
system, whether or not those technologies are connected to an electricity grid.
BESL is currently working on distributive energy demonstration projects such as
Integrated
Energy Systems
(IES), and Fuel cells with local partners. BESL
can
provide feasibility studies to identify potential project opportunities in this
area.
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