Commercial Facilities
Office and mixed-use building systems.
Common controls problems
Controls issues to consider when planning work for your buildings.
Comfort complaints
Controls drift can contribute to hot-and-cold complaints and energy waste. Sequences and schedules need to match how the building is used.
Operating cost
Controls improvements need to justify their cost. Schedules, economizer operation, and rebate eligibility affect the potential payback.
Tenant turnover
Fit-outs can change loads and zones. Re-commissioning the controls keeps sequences and schedules matched to the current layout.
How SOMA Controls helps
Re-commission sequences and schedules around how the building is actually used.
Help identify and pursue eligible utility rebates.
Keep operator graphics readable for engineers covering several properties.
Recommended services
Explore the services relevant to your controls work.
- Energy & Sequence OptimizationOptimize
Schedule and sequence work with documented results and help pursuing eligible utility rebates.
- Controls Retrofit & ModernizationModernize
Readable graphics for building engineers covering several properties.
- Ongoing Controls SupportSupport
Coverage between site visits for buildings that don't carry a full-time controls tech.
Documentation and risk
- Documentation needs
Current points lists and sequences for every fit-out.
A graphics standard that survives tenant churn.
- Risk considerations
Comfort complaints escalate to lease friction when controls drift goes unaddressed.
Undocumented changes from prior contractors make the next fit-out slower and riskier.