IN-24-C027 - Generative Commissioning: AI & Digital Practice in the Building Commissioning Process

Artificial intelligence and spatial modeling tools are shaping how we design, optimize and operate our buildings and HVAC equipment. This paper highlights case studies of real-world applications of these tools in improving indoor environmental quality and addressing climate change within the commissioning process. These case studies include applications in training; commissioning documentation; benchmarking; indoor environmental quality (IEQ) performance measurement; equivalent clean airflow analysis based on ASHRAE Standard 241, “Control of Infectious Aerosols”; healthy humidity threshold predictive inferences; as well as AI-aided occupant thermal comfort analysis based on ASHRAE Standard 55, “Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy”, via AI-based thermodynamic simulations; and prescriptive maintenance. This paper also covers threats that these tools pose, as well as how to build resilient digital practice frameworks in view of new health-conscious standards and federal data governance requirements.