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MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE / STUDENT CENTER BUILDING - Monterey, CA - Commissioning

This project facility is a building with offices, lounges, cafes, kitchen, classrooms, meeting room, bookstore, and toilet rooms.
- The ventilation systems are hydronic heated ducted air handler units and exhaust fans.
- The kitchen is served by two exhaust hoods and a hydronic heated ducted make-up air unit.
- The dedicated server room space temperature is controlled through a fully separate cooling air conditioning system.
- Exhaust fans are used in the restrooms.
- Pumps circulate heating hot water from main plant loop throughout building.
- Numerous issues were discovered and resolved due to the commissioning services that ensured occupant comfort and safety.
- Adequate and efficient air delivery was verified as part of the air balance verification which resulted in several system adjustments.
- The heating coils were also verified against the initial water balance report to ensure adequate heating capacities.
- All of the systems are controlled though a building management system.

Project Summary

• 26,770 sq. ft.
• 12 roof mounted hydronic air handler units
• 2 exhaust fans
• 2 kitchen hood exhaust fans
• 1 roof mounted hydronic make-up air unit • 1 split system air conditioner for data room
• 2 heating hot water pumps
• Building Management System

Project Accomplishments

• Verified correct air and water flows with the Test and Balance Agency.
• Found and corrected numerous issues in control sequences with air handlers.