Welcome to the British Columbia Buildings
Corporation (BCBC) On-Line Client Comfort System Design Manual
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basis for specifications, however, the work is the sole
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What Is It?
The Client Comfort System(CCS) Design
Manual is primarily intended to instruct and assist
designers who are specifying computerised building controls for
BCBC. It starts with an Introduction that describes how to
use the manual in the procurement process.
- It includes copies of the relevant Request For
Proposal(RFP) Specification Documents for New
Construction, Retrofit and Direct Bid
projects.
- It has many Pre-Approved System Types - a unique
arrangement of Graphics, Generic Start-up Logic and
Points List that detail exactly what to specify for most
common mechanical systems.
- It has a copy of our Graphics Guidelines that have
been developed to provide standardisation in the
computerised colour graphics.
- It includes resource material sections on the BCBC point Naming
Convention and CCS-related costs.
How to See it and Get Your Copy
- Browse the manual on-line and Download Files that
you can use.
- Go to the Table of Contents for a starting point
to view the manual.
- Find out Why it is on the Internet and why you
should use it.
Acronyms, Acronyms, Acronyms!
How many names and acronyms are there for computerised
building controls?
EMCS (Energy Management Control Systems)
DDC (Direct Digital Control)
BAS (Building Automation Systems)
EMS (Energy Management Systems)
You can add one more! CCS for Client Comfort Systems,
BCBC's Client -focused control design philosophy.
- We need to distribute the manual to the many designers
that work for us and this is the most cost-effective way
to get the most up-to-date version of the manual into
their hands, in an electronically readable form.
- This manual represents the combined expertise of many
talented and highly experienced individuals and as a
public organisation, we believe that everyone should be
able to benefit from that expertise.
- There is an industry myth that performance is linked to
costs. BCBC's experience runs absolutely counter to the
myth.
- BCBC has had considerable success in demonstrating
reduced energy use and capital costs in operation of
buildings. A large part of that success is due to
aggressive and detailed procurement strategies for high
performance EMCS controls, primarily the Request For
Proposal (RFP).
- The procurement method for EMCS is crucial to the success
of low energy designs.
- There are several hundred EMCS control systems on the
market, but not all are capable of delivering the
performance and flexibility required at low cost.
- The approach embodied in this manual will give you the
tools to procure the right system for the best price.
Go onto the Client Comfort System Design Manual Table of Contents.