Overview

Facility Strategies Group (FSG) provided commissioning services as a subcontractor to Macan Deve Engineers for a building automation system installation project at two New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties, Berry Houses and 830 Amsterdam. As part of these projects new Building Management System (BMS) devices were installed to monitor and control conditions and equipment throughout the sites, including apartment temperature data, central heating and domestic hot water equipment, air source heat pumps, and a building-wide VRF space conditioning system. FSG inspected and functionally tested the controls installation and communication to confirm its compliance with the project specifications and the client’s BMS integration standards. The BMS graphics were validated for functionality and compliance with standard and project specific graphics templates. The work was done through a combination of remote evaluation and in-person inspections and testing. FSG inspected and tested samples of apartments sensors and other monitoring devices to confirm communication with field and supervisory controllers. FSG utilized extensive expertise with Niagara based BMS systems to verify the configuration of graphics, point names, alarming, and system setup to the Owner’s central server.

Berry Houses consists of 8 residential buildings with a central boiler plant, and received extensive mechanical and plumbing systems upgrades. The new BMS system included EnOcean wireless apartment temperature sensors and associated gateways and equipment, BACnet based equipment controllers, and connection to a Niagara supervisor.

830 Amsterdam is a 20-story residential building managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The site recently underwent extensive mechanical and plumbing systems upgrades including variable refrigerant flow (VRF) for heating and cooling in the apartments, and air source heat pumps for domestic hot water. The new BMS system at this development included integration of the new VRF terminals and central equipment and domestic hot water heat pump systems into BACnet based equipment controllers, and connection to a Niagara supervisor.