High performance and sustainable buildings handbook 2 executive summary sustainable buildings have become a national priority due to concerns about limited energy resources, increasing energy costs, energy security, and climate change. The 99% solution, the 9th in a series of white papers on the green building movement reconstruction in its many formstenant improvements, retail fitouts, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, gut rehab, and so onis keeping many design and construction firms solvent. High performance and sustainable buildings handbook. Energy assessment l energy modeling l commissioning l healthcare facility design l highperformance building design l building. The high performance passive house buildings significantly outperform the others on all four measures. Reliable operation fast recovery, minimized unscheduled downtime. Ashrae highperformance building design professional. The program is administered jointly by the department of community and economic development. If high performance buildings need to be a collaboration, each must also be a unified conception. Each of these includes a formal certification process and can include an award in the form of a plaque to display upon the building. Find helpful documentation and resources to the right. How to maintain energyefficient design intent during building operation a guide written for owners and operators of high. High performance concrete seminar ppt with pdf report.
The objective of this paper is to discuss design methods for sustainable, high performance facades, and the necessary steps in ensuring that the environmental factors and energy. A building whose structural envelope and services have been integrated to optimise energy efficiency and water usage. Such high performance buildings can earn long term life cycle savings for new york city, and may also help stimulate the markets for environmentally efficient technologies. Ashrae and its partners has made this guide available for download pdf at no. The high performance building standard hpbs is part of dfcms design requirements. Submit a completed, signed application form and the application fee, schedule an examination appointment within the 90day eligibility period. The high performance building program hpb provides financial assistance in the forms of grants and loan funds to underwrite the cost premiums associated with the design and construction or major renovation of high performance buildings in the state. Critically it provides an indoor environmental quality to ensure occupant satisfaction and productivity.
S4s11 september 2004 with 431 reads how we measure reads. In january 2006, epa signed the federal leadership in high performance and sustainable buildings memorandum of understanding mou along with 21 other agencies. Intelligent facades for high performance green buildings. The bullitt center, arguably the worlds leading high performance building. Buildingiq helps building owners and operators worldwide lower energy use, increase building operations efficiency and tenant comfort. This book provides a blueprint for action for readers making decisions about how to improve the energy efficiency and performance of new or existing buildings. Energy savings in buildings and industry, section 401. This mou voluntarily committed the agency to follow the guiding principles for federal leadership in high performance and sustainable buildings guiding principles. A high rise tower that gently twists with 30 degrees of rotation between the ground and top floors also keeps south africas environmental challenges of water scarcity and limited electricity supply in mind. A private, notforprofit organization dedicated to improving the design and a private, notforprofit organization dedicated to improving the design and understanding of public space in new york city, the trust funds and manages projects that deploy creative design. Thermal performance of building envelope details for mid and highrise buildings 65rp presented to. Case studies of high performance buildings is a resource of the department of. High performance buildings ordinance city of albuquerque.
Suitable for both seasoned veterans and new managers, it takes an objective and orderly approach to what is often a complex, costly, and timeconsuming process. With increasing energy demand and naturalhumaninduced disasters in recent years, the two key conceptssustainability and resiliencyare crucial for engineers and architects in the current design and construction industry. High performance building program hpb guidelines pa. High performance multitenant buildings constructing high performance multitenant commercial buildings is a challenge because of the complex relationship between the developer and investors and the prospective tenants. Photo by brad kahn high performance building is a form of green building, but one with a singular focus on the energy performance of our buildings. Alexandria university faculty of engineering high performance buildings a thesis presented to faculty of engineering, alexandria university in partial. This ufc provides minimum requirements and guidance to achieve high performance and sustainable facilities that comply with the energy policy act of 2005, the energy independence and security act of 2007, eo 693, and the implementation requirements found in guiding principles for sustainable federal buildings and associated instructions hpsb guiding principles. High performance building system in smart city 11 nov 2016 fri, the joint professional centre, the center, hong kong ir.
Included in the high performance buildings program area formerly green buildings are links to, and highlights from, the u. This web reflects the fact that buildings behave as systems, much like ecosystems. A highrise tower that gently twists with 30 degrees of rotation between the ground and top floors also keeps south africas environmental challenges of water scarcity and limited electricity supply in mind. Performance building means a building that integrates and optimizes on a life. Both the developer and the tenants make decisions that will influence the energy performance of the building. Section 436h of the energy independence and security act of 2007 eisa requires gsa to evaluate highperformance building certification systems and provide the findings to the secretary of energy who, in consultation with the department of defense and gsa, formally identifies the systems to be used across the federal government. At the center of the design process is the master builder the architectural engineering function that creatively integrates the varied demands, functions, conditions, systems, subsystems. Categoriesprogram guidelines, reference sheets, reports and documents file type download2932 size314. Thermal performance of building envelope details for mid. Master of science in architecture high performance. Click here to download a pdf of highperformance reconstructed buildings. An overview of and introduction to current researches on super insulating materials for highperformance buildings. High performance buildings ordinance economic forum balloon landing sight purchase resolution cell phones tax cuts rail yard complete streets south yale blvd.
Realizing highperformance buildings nrel is a national laboratory of the u. Green building council usgbc, the leadership in energy and environmental design leed green building rating system,tm case studies of green construction efforts, software and databases to aid in determining which construction products and processes are the most. High performance attributes wbdg design objectives. Highperformance building, by vidar lerum, eschews larger philosophical issues in favor of establshing stepbystep directions for analyzing the performance of existing buildings. Florida residents are well aware of the dangers posed by the. High performance buildings cost effective, safe, secure, sustainable. Pdf 1 mb, published by the white house council on environmental quality in january 2017.
Electrical loads in high performance buildings in this module, youll watch the lecture video and check out a couple of supplementary resources. A suite of green building certifications address this focus. High performance building requires a holistic approach, with high performance building strategies and components integrated with one another in a web. Sbrega health and science building, fall river, mass. Laying the roadmap for establishing green buildings in india, eminent building professionals from the government and the industry will discuss the prospects of high performance commercial buildings in the country at. Youll take architectural courses on green building design and engineering courses on energy modelling and design. Sip panels high performance buildings structurally. Department of energy, office of energy efficiency and renewable energy, operated by the alliance for sustainable energy, llc. In need of a new facility to educate future chemists. Sarah boll is the program director and works handinhand with project managers, stakeholders, and agencies to ensure that the states capital projects are held to strict energy efficiency standards. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of the energy performance and environmental impacts of buildings, as well as on the integration of these metrics. This sustainable buildings handbook sbhaddresses how the u.
The mel in highperformance buildings offers a unique combination of technical and business classes giving you the strategic skills to play a leading role in forwardthinking organizations. Ease of placement and consolidation without affecting strength. High performance buildings maximize operational energy savings. Value over 2,750 ashrae certifications have been earned in these key builtenvironment fields. Environmental properties of air a major objective of mechanical ventilation systems in supertall buildings is the controlling air movement in and out of the building envelope, to properly control tempera. The whole building design guide a highperformance primer. High performance buildings ubc master of engineering. Each candidate for ashrae high performance building design professional certification is responsible for the following. Included in the high performance buildings program area formerly green. Lessons learned article pdf available in ashrae journal 469. Lerum considers performance as annual specific energy use situating that as a base.
Hui faculty of science and technology technological and higher education institute of hong kong email. Designing high performance mep systems for supertall buildings. Intelligent envelopes for highperformance buildings. Database for analyzing sustainable and highperformance buildings dash. High performance multi tenant buildings seventhwave. The master of science in architecture with a concentration in high performance buildings is focused around the use of building physics and building technology for sustainable architectural design. The link between occupant knowledge of passive design systems, corresponding behaviors, occupant comfort and environmental satisfaction.
Ufc 120002 high performance and sustainable building. Intelligent envelopes for highperformance buildings design and. States and local jurisdictions within the united states that wish to adopt standard 189. Basics of high performance building design trane hong kong. High performance concrete hpc is a particular series of concretes designed to give many benefits in the construction of concrete structures. Ashrae highperformance building design professional hbdp. High performance building standard utah division of.
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