What is PD CEN/TR 16946-2 – Inspection of Energy Performance of Buildings about?
PD CEN/TR 16946-2 is the second part of an international multi-series standard that covers the energy performance of Buildings.
PD CEN/TR 16946-2 provides guidelines for energy flow and mapping of functional groups of EN 15232. It also provides guidelines for graphics along with functionality description and implementation of inspection procedures.
PD CEN/TR 16946-2 mentions classification methods for the purpose of classification. It specifies terms, definitions, BAC audit methodology, information of the inspection system along with an example, etc.
Who is PD CEN/TR 16946-2 - Inspection of energy performance of buildings for?
PD CEN/TR 16946-2 guidelines on inspection of energy performance of buildings is useful for:
- Architecture designing teams
- Electrical supply management teams
- Product development teams/innovation teams
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use PD CEN/TR 16946-2 - Inspection of energy performance of buildings?
The quantity of energy utilized by a building each year is referred to as its energy performance. It varies depending on the type of structure, whether it is more or less energy-intensive, as well as its functioning and energy infrastructure.
Building Automation and Controls including Technical Building Management (BAC) contribute to the performance of buildings. BAC performance has a tendency to decline over time if not actively checked, maintained, and adapted to the actual use of the building (independent of the building type).
PD CEN/TR 16946-2 presents you with the factors on which the energy performance of the building depends, such as building/space usage changes, equipment maintenance, and re-commissioning, manual interventions and missing “back to “normal” change, manual setpoint adjustments and back to “normal” procedure.
PD CEN/TR 16946-2 describes a methodology to audit “BAC” in any state of its implementation in a building. It helps the users by providing them with the aspects of the inspection that hold all important data for a specific BAC and keep track of the inspected BAC portion and its model data. It assists the users in producing a report (e.g., on paper and/or electronically), and acts as a base for improvement measures determination.