Jim Marriott, MRAIC
Senior Architect
A well-commissioned building will perform better and use energy more efficiently. By helping to ensure that buildings are constructed and operate as intended and designed, commissioning supports the energy-efficient design goals of the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings and emerging provincial and municipal building energy codes. An appropriate commissioning strategy begins long before construction and extends beyond occupancy since even best-in class systems cannot perform at an optimal level forever – owners need to continually check real-time performance against original design requirements. EastPoint’s skilled team of engineers and technologists provide our clients with LEED and non-LEED commissioning and recommissioning services, energy audits & modelling, and testing and balancing with the objective of maximizing a buildings life and performance.
EastPoint provided LEED® Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning for the school board, including contractor pre-functional and functional testing forms, tracking sheets, training schedules, progress and commissioning meetings, and the final commissioning report for Citadel High School in Halifax and eight other schools in Nova Scotia.
A new $25 million, 80,000 sq ft. school in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia opened in 2017 after two years of construction. EastPoint was the lead commissioning agent for the school’s LEED gold certification, and led the verification of the performance of the architectural, mechanical and electrical systems, ensuring they adhered to LEED gold standard.
EastPoint acted as the 3rd party LEED® Commissioning Agent for construction of the new 110,500 sq.ft. high school in Yarmouth, NS built in 2012 to achieve LEED® Gold certification. EastPoint provided LEED® Fundamental and Best Practice Commissioning which included contractor pre-functional and functional testing forms, tracking sheets, training schedules, attending construction progress meetings, heading commissioning meetings and final report in 2014.