Abby Coulter is the Commercial Building Specialist for North Carolina Building Performance Association (NCBPA). She leads the association’s commercial buildings work which includes research and education on efficiency certifications, building code, design and construction practices into North Carolina’s commercial building industries, collaborating with industry professionals for market development, and developing and delivering research projects, educational workshops and communication campaigns that benefit consumers and industry professionals alike. NCBPA is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) trade association serving North Carolina’s building performance companies and professionals with education, member services and industry advocacy.
The term commissioning is a process for new and existing buildings that ensures the systems and components in a building are designed, installed, tested and maintained according to the operation requirements of the owner