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Bosch erects a new 13,500 m2 green field project in Penang, Malaysia. The building is a facility in clean room quality for testing of electronic components. Bosch is dedicated to improving the sustainability of the company not only through their products but also through environmentally friendly production facilities. Therefore, Bosch has contracted EGS-plan to support the design of a sustainability concept for the building and supervise the implementation from concept to commissioning.

The concept considers environmental, economic, and human factors and tries to balance them in the best possible way. This was achieved by implementing passive design features such as increased thermal insulation, external shading, double glazing, and natural ventilation where possible. The technical services such as air-handling units, pumps and chiller are of the highest energy efficiency currently available. Furthermore, a significant part of the energy demand is covered by a photovoltaic system on the roof of the building.

The building materials have a low toxicity and are easy to dismantle and recycle in future. EGS-plan conducts a full Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) to support design decisions. The interior design of the office part of the building considers biophilic design elements and encourages communication and creativity in the workspaces. Thermal comfort and human well-being will be maintained by a dedicated fresh air ventilation system and passive chilled ceilings. A biotope at the northern border of the land plot increases biodiversity at the location.
The building strives for Sustainable Building Certification according to the German DGNB system. The building will be commissioned end of 2022.

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We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced commissioning engineer for LEED, TREES and DGNB certified building projects, who is eager to guide and manage the commissioning team of EGS-plan. The overall goal is to develop tools and procedures to achieve a consistent and commissioning quality in our projects.

Job description and responsibilities:

• Guide and manage the commissioning team of EGS-plan
• Improve tools, templates and procedures for commissioning projects
• Provide Commissioning services for green building certification (e.g. LEED, TREES and DGNB):
• Develop owner’s projects requirements, review bases of design, write commissioning plan, pre-functional checklists
• Coordinate and manage the commissioning process
• Conduct site visits, supervise functional tests, write protocols
• Follow up and review submitted commissioning documents from the contractor
• Write reports (mostly in English language) and submit to international green building councils
• Conduct Energy Audits in buildings, analyze findings, give recommendations, develop presentations
• Implement Measurement & Verification concepts and monitoring-based commissioning, analyze measurement data, give recommendations, develop presentations

Key skills/experience required:

• Thai Nationals only
• Bachelor or Master Degree in mechanical engineering
• 7-8 years of experience in relevant fields
• Must have at least adjunct engineering certificate
• 4-5 years of extensive experience in building MEP design and/or building MEP commissioning and /or operation
• Knowledge and understanding of:
• ASHRAE 90.1 – Energy Standard
• ASHRAE 55 – Thermal Comfort
• ASHRAE 62.1 and 62.2 – Ventilation and IAQ
• ASHRAE Guideline – Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems
• Proficiency in English reading, speaking and report writing
• Must be self-motivated
• TOEIC > 800 is a plus
• Study in an English-speaking country is a plus
• Accredited LEED AP or TREES-A will be an advantage
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team environment is required
• Excellent communication, good negotiating abilities
• Ability to do technical report in English

Apply here: https://bit.ly/3tgSTrP

EGS-plan has supported energy audits in six hotels in Southern Thailand on behalf of GIZ. We will present our findings and explain how to save operation costs during a public Webinar on Energy Management for Hotels in Thailand on 15th of December from 1pm to 4pm (BKK time). See you there!

Free register at: https://bit.ly/3HUPCnk

EGS-plan has supported the project with fundamental commissioning services. Building commissioning is a quality management process, which verifies, that the technical systems of a new building are meeting the owner’s project requirements. Therefore, commissioning starts right at the beginning of a new building project before the design starts. In regular periods, the design and the construction of a project will be checked and compared by EGS-plan’s commissioning experts with the original owner’s expectations. The actual commissioning work starts for our team with finalizing of the construction and startup of the technical systems. A commissioning plan clarifies responsibilities and provides functional checklists, so that the startup of the building is a structured process, despite of the final hectic weeks of a construction project. The result is a building which works as intended with a low energy consumption, great thermal comfort and low maintenance costs.

EGS-plan (Bangkok) Co., Ltd. has contributed with the energy and sustainability concept as well as the DGNB certification to the project. Main goal was to achieve an excellent work environment and highest environmental quality.

The sustainability concept comprises of a high-performance building envelope with double glazing with low-e coating, efficient thermal insulation, an airtightness concept and external shading. Fresh air is delivered by an air handling unit with energy recovery, the lighting system comprises of direct-indirect LED lamps and no harmful building materials were used. Energy is supplied by a district cooling system and a solar rooftop system, which produces more renewable energy than required for building operation (net-zero).

For its outstanding sustainability concept, the building was awarded with the first DGNB Platinum certificate for office buildings in Southeast Asia.

The new Bangkok Hospital in Chiang Rai was awarded LEED Gold. The hospital building has a gross floor area of approximately 16,800 sqm on 7 stories and a basement. The building was certified according to LEED V3 for healthcare buildings by our partner company Africvs Co., Ltd.

EGS-plan (Bangkok) Co., Ltd. supported the LEED certification of the building with our engineering services for fundamental and enhanced commissioning. Building commissioning is a quality management process, which verifies, that the technical systems and the building envelope of a new building are meeting the owner’s project requirements. In regular periods, the design and the construction of a project will be checked and compared with the original owner’s expectations. The actual commissioning work starts with finalizing of the construction and startup of the technical systems. A commissioning plan clarifies responsibilities and provides functional checklists, so that the startup of the building is a structured process, despite of the final hectic weeks of a construction project.

The result is a building which works as intended with a low energy consumption, great thermal comfort and low maintenance costs.

EGS-plan’s engineering team attended a TREES training on 25th and 26th of March to become TREES Associate New Construction (TREES-A NC). TREES is the locale green building certification system developed and provided by the Thai Green Building Institute TGBI. All members of the engineering team successfully passed the training and the consecutive exam. This will improve the deeper understanding of the engineering team when they provide their commissioning services for TREES certification projects.

The PARQ is a mixed-use office building located in the center of Bangkok and has a total gross floor area of approximately 134,000 m2 on 16 floors. The project strives for the highest sustainability goals and achieved a Gold certification according to LEED V4 (C&S). Green building consultant was our partner company Africvs Co., Ltd.

EGS-plan has contributed to the project with our commissioning services including fundamental and monitoring based commissioning. While fundamental commissioning covers a basic quality control during design and construction of a building, monitoring based commissioning is a rather new methodology to use the building management system or any other data logging technology to supervise the startup of a new construction project. This is giving the opportunity to not only do the usual spot measurement during fundamental commissioning, but to conduct a continues supervision of the energy performance of a building over a longer period of time.

The result is a building which provides an outstanding environmental performance and a healthy and productive work environment for the building occupants.