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As a trusted teammate, Paladin helps close the gap between design intent and actual performance. We help you achieve lifecycle cost savings by ensuring your systems, assemblies, and equipment are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to requirements. Our early involvement in the design process identifies potential challenges and solutions for planning ahead. We’ll verify your systems work seamlessly together, giving you the confidence to occupy it. 

Our commissioning strategies assure optimal building performance, energy efficiency, and occupant comfort. 

Executing the Play

New Construction Commissioning 

Even with clearly stated expectations for your new building systems, proper function is never guaranteed. Paladin helps ensure the correct installation and operation of systems of all sizes. This critical quality assurance measure mitigates risks, maximizes energy efficiency, and ensures longevity and functionality.

  • MEP Systems Commissioning
  • Building Enclosure Commissioning
  • Building Automation Systems Commissioning
  • Renewable Systems Commissioning

Existing Building Commissioning

Priorities range from carbon reduction and energy performance to operational stability, risk reduction, and operating cost containment. Our capabilities extend to your entire built environment to thoroughly address issues preventing you from reaching these goals. Paladin can develop the plan that sorts and organizes the solutions into clear, actionable steps.

Ongoing Commissioning

HVAC, lighting, and other systems change over time. Ongoing commissioning ensures these systems are regularly reviewed to keep them in check. Paladin starts with a deep dive into your operations and current facility requirements. We can also perform some ongoing commissioning steps like Energy Management Plans or Technical Equipment Support remotely through metering and utility data.

:: CASE STUDIES ::

FedEx Freight Facility

Explore how FedEx Freight’s new distribution center achieved significant sustainability milestones, including a 45.6% energy cost reduction and a 30% water use cut, exemplifying a commitment to green building standards.
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Ecofibre U.S. Headquarters

Discover how Ecofibre’s U.S. headquarters became the first LEEDv4 Platinum warehouse and distribution center, setting a new standard in sustainable building and innovative hemp-based products.
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FedEx Freight Facility

Explore how FedEx Freight’s new distribution center achieved significant sustainability milestones, including a 45.6% energy cost reduction and a 30% water use cut, exemplifying a commitment to green building standards.

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Ecofibre U.S. Headquarters

Discover how Ecofibre’s U.S. headquarters became the first LEEDv4 Platinum warehouse and distribution center, setting a new standard in sustainable building and innovative hemp-based products.

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Centralized Lab

See how Paladin’s strategic interventions at a 1980s building have led to a 20% energy reduction over 10 years, preserving capital and optimizing operational efficiencies despite rising energy costs.

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Cabinet for Human Resources Complex

Discover how the CHR Building achieved a 27% annual energy reduction, saving approximately $204,000 per year through strategic system enhancements and energy-efficient measures.

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Berea Natural Sciences & Health Building

Explore how Berea College’s Natural Sciences and Health Building, a LEED Gold project, achieves optimal performance, energy savings, and a unique educational environment for advanced scientific learning.

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Belknap Residence Hall Phase I

Discover the Belknap Residence Hall at UofL, where Paladin’s expert guidance led to LEED Gold certification, promoting sustainable living and learning with a significant 36.1% reduction in water use.

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4th Street Live!

Explore the GSA Fit-Up project at 4th Street Live!, where Paladin’s expert sustainability strategies led to LEED certification, enhancing access to USCIS services while prioritizing environmental and operational efficiency.

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Danforth Hall and Kettering Hall

Discover Danforth and Kettering Halls at Berea College, where innovative design and sustainable construction earned LEED Silver certification and achieved a remarkable 48.1% reduction in water use.

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:: CLIENT REVIEWS ::

Recent Blog Posts 01 / 05

Beyond Code Compliance: How Lighting Power Density Shapes Performance and Sustainability

By Mark Zoller, PE, CxA, LEED AP
Paladin Engineers   When building owners first learn about lighting design, they often focus solely on meeting code requirements for Lighting Power Density (LPD) - the maximum allowable watts per square foot in a space. While code compliance is essential, treating it as the end goal is like saying Read More

Building Your Future in Commissioning: A View from the Paladin Team

By Paladin, Inc     At Paladin, we've watched building commissioning (Cx) grow from a niche specialty into one of construction's most vital quality assurance disciplines. Our commissioning teams help ensure buildings perform as designed while meeting today's demanding standards for efficiency, sustainability and occupant comfort. For students looking for a unique and rewarding career Read More

Diversion vs. Source Reduction: Rethinking Construction and Demolition Waste 

By Erica Weeks, LEED Fellow Construction and Demolition Waste in the Built Environment Construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a necessary evil of an ever-changing built environment. Buildings outlive their useful lifespan and are demolished for new ones to take their place (I’ll discuss adaptive reuse of existing buildings at another time).Delivering custom buildings requires Read More

BAS Makes Smarter Buildings, but It Can’t Read Minds

By Kelsey Leslie, Paladin, Inc Long considered the “brain” of a building that functions as designed, Building Automation Systems (BAS) actually require the involvement of multiple brains to reach peak effectiveness.  Since even the most sophisticated BAS system can’t read minds, there is a compelling need for clear and thoughtful communication to connect the brains Read More

AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence and Keys for Early Integration

By Paladin, Inc   The AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence is not a green building rating system or checklist of prescriptive sustainability measures. It is a comprehensive framework of thought-provoking and insightful principles that every project should consider. Historically, the AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence is rooted in the AIA’s COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Read More
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