This presentation will highlight the advantages offered by automated functional testing in a critical laboratory setting. including sampling 100% of BAS-connected equipment during functional testing, testing results backed by data beyond the traditional pass/fail checklist, and an automated test process that can be regularly executed by the building management team for ongoing commissioning for the life of the building. The presentation will also cover technical challenges associated with connected commissioning and the important conversations with the key stakeholders that need to occur well before functional acceptance testing to successfully implement the automated testing processes.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the traditional approaches to commissioning functional acceptance testing, including using sampling rates to perform hands-on testing of select equipment when large quantities of equipment are present.
2. Detail how fault detection and diagnostic software can be leveraged to automatically execute functional acceptance tests on all equipment controlled by the Building Automation System.
3. Identify the key stakeholders that need to be involved in planning conversations early in construction and commissioning to allow for successful automated functional testing.
4. Describe important advantages to utilizing automated functional testing over traditional approaches, primarily the elimination of sampling rates, availability of data-backed results, and ease of repeatability for long-term building performance and maintenance.