Barrett, Woodyard & Associates, Inc.

Electrical

Electrical Engineering

Building Systems Commissioning

Our Building Performance Studio is solely dedicated to providing quality commissioning & building assessment services.

Some of our team members may have even walked in your career path. We are backed by 25+ years of commissioning experience with additional years held in past positions including construction management, building automation controls, facilities management, & the U.S. Military.  We are associated with multiple commissioning organizations and hold certifications for each, which allows our team to effectively lead the commissioning effort on multiple projects simultaneously.

Lighting Design & Photometrics

Optimizing Existing Facilities’ System Performance

Retro‐commissioning is the systematic process of investigating, analyzing, & optimizing an existing facility’s system performance through operational & maintenance improvement to ensure optimal performance as designed over time.

This process tailors the building to meet the design intent & your current facility requirements. We achieve this by comparing your building system’s as‐built documents against the actual operational performance of your building systems. We identify & document non-compliance operating conditions in your building & provide a report with recommendations & a path towards improvement. 

Typical Existing Building Problem Areas:

  • Building automation controls point mapping and reporting issues.
  • HVAC equipment installation issues.
  • Missing specified HVAC equipment and components.
  • Non-operating AHU economizers, incorrectly programmed VFDs, and incorrect control point applications and operational sequence algorithms.