ASHRAE has developed the Commissioning Process Management Professional (CPMP) program in close collaboration with APPA, BCA, IES, NEBB, SMACNA, TABB, and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The purpose of this certification is to help building owners, developers, standards writing agencies, and others assess the capability of individuals to develop and manage the whole building commissioning process with the owner. The CPMP certification program recognizes that people who manage the commissioning process need to have people- and project-management skills in addition to a level of knowledge and understanding of building design, construction, operations, and maintenance as they relate to the total building commissioning process. Click here for the CPMP Detailed Content Outline, which is the “blueprint” for the certification examination. This outline identifies the three major content areas, as well as tasks within each area, that the examination covers. the number of examination items devoted to each major content area. the number of items at each cognitive level that a candidate is likely to use in responding to items in each major content area.
The three cognitive levels tested on the CPMP examination are: - Recall: The ability to remember or recognize specific information
- Application: The ability to comprehend, relate, or apply knowledge to new or changing situations
- Analysis: The ability to synthesize information – sometimes from a variety of sources, determine solutions, and/or evaluate the usefulness of a solution
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First CPMP exam to take place June 2009 ASHRAE’s commissioning certification program will launch June 2009 in Louisville, KY, in conjunction with ASHRAE’s Annual Conference. The CPMP Candidate Guidebook and the CPMP application will be available in January. | Other ASHRAE Certifications | Target Audience The target audience for the CPMP certification includes individuals who manage and oversee the commissioning process and the commissioning team members. Specifically, individuals who earn the CPMP certification are likely to be design/consulting professionals and technologists who serve in any of the following types of roles: - architects
- commissioning providers
- contractors or subcontractors
- design engineers or consulting engineers
- facility managers or facility engineers
- owner’s representatives
| Eligibilty RequirementsTo participate an individual must have been involved with at least three (3) projects utilizing the commissioning process and must meet one of the following combinations of academic and work experience: - Government-issued license as a professional engineer or architect with a minimum of three (3) years’ facilities operations/management, construction, design, or consulting experience
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, or related field from an accredited institution of higher learning and a minimum of six (6) years’ facilities operations/management, construction, design, or consulting experience
- Associate’s degree or technical diploma in building design, construction, construction management, facility operation, or a related field from an accredited institution of higher learning and a minimum of seven (7) years’ facilities operations/management, construction, design, or consulting experience
- High school diploma or equivalent or construction-related trades training or building operations training from a nationally or internationally recognized trade association with a minimum of ten (10) years’ facilities operations/management, construction, design, or consulting experience
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ASHRAE does not warrant that this program or its examination certifies a candidate’s technical competence or technical ability to design any part of a facility’s HVAC&R system. Furthermore, nothing about this program or its examination is intended to replace, override, or conflict with licensing requirements for design engineers, architects, or other building professionals.
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