With 624,000 sq ft of office space, the Toyota Motor Sales (America) Inc. (TMS), South Campus facility in Torrance, CA is the largest project to date to achieve the United States Green Building Council's LEED™ Gold Rating. The facility consists of two buildings with five wings, as well as two central heating and cooling plants.
CTG Energetics Inc. (CTG) was retained by TMS as a third-party commissioning agent to ensure that HVAC and lighting systems were installed and are operating as designed. In addition to the traditional commissioning activities of functional testing and identifying and resolving deficiencies, LEED (see sidebar) required that design and submittal reviews were performed throughout design and construction.