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What is Sustainability
Sustainability is best thought of as a process, rather than an end state. Sustainability means to create and maintain conditions that balance the ec... -
Energy & Atmosphere
Buildings and facilities rely on the operation of mechanical systems and electrical systems to maintain a high level of indoor environmental qual...
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Sustainability Program Development
Sustainability Programs incorporate all building stakeholders into the design process, promoting awareness, goal development, implementation, acc...
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Overview
Individual sustainability projects should support strategic long-term goals. Here you can explore practical approaches to strategic long-term planni... -
High-Performance Buildings Marketplace
40% of U.S. architects, engineers, contractors, building owners and building consultants report that the majority of building work was green in 2...
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Occupant Comfort
Comfortable workers are more likely to be productive and engaged with their work than those who struggle to work in spaces that create barriers and ... -
Integrative Design Process
Integrative thinking looks for synergies among strategies - strategies that enhance one another. It also looks for strategies that, taken together, ... -
Project Guidance
For each project there is a selection of issues and questions you should consider before selecting specific materials or products. This will help...
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Under 10,000 SF Interiors Gut Rehab Project
This page provides Sustainable Strategies to consider as a space has or will undergo a major tenant gut rehab for projects under 10,000 SF.
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Building Systems Upgrades
This page details Sustainable Strategies to consider as your space undergoes a building system upgrade to improve energy, water use, and occupant co... -
Building Operations and Maintenance Services
Follow these sustainable strategies as your space renovations are complete and the building and interiors are operated in an environmentally sustai... -
Environmental Programs
Environmental programs, both federal and third party, help buyers identify products and services with posit...
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Using Acquisition Life Cycle Tools
Guidance on how government tools and resources can be utilized during each phase of the procurement life cycle. -
Net Zero Energy
Net Zero Energy means that a building balances its energy needs with energy produced from renewable, zero-emission sources. While Net Zero Ene... -
Policies & Strategies
This section is devoted to the broad policies and strategies covering the whole government or entire agencies, services or bureaus, which set the co... -
Tools & Training
This section covers and links to systems, methods, databases, calculators, checklists, etc. designed to help Federal officials and their partners ac... -
Best Practices & Case Studies
One of the best ways to learn and make the case for high-performance building innovations is to point to others’ experience in implementing th... -
Energy Management Systems (EnMS)
Energy Management Systems (EnMS) are a set of business processes that enable facility managers to act on energy usage data and optimize eff...
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SFTool Product Search
GSA has expanded our SFTool with a Product Search that streamlines sustainable product procurement for vendors and buyers.Circadian Light
Circadian rhythms are physiological processes that occur in the body approximately every 24-hours. Medical research has linked circadian disrup...Biophilic Design
Learn why nature is so important to us, what we know about the benefits of nature, and how biophilia is being applied in buildings, particularly in ...COVID-19 Resources
Resources compiled by GSA's OFHPB on COVID-19Enhancing Health with Indoor Air
Four key levers to enhance health and performance by improving indoor air.Welcome Back
Green Products
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Adhesive and Mastic Removers
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Heat Pumps, Air-Source
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Bathroom and Spa Cleaners
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Biomass
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Building Insulation
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Carpet
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Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners, General Purpose
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Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners, Spot Removers
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Carpet Cushion
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Ceiling Fans
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Chillers
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Clothes Washers
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Combination Units/Multi-Function Devices
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Commercial Audio Visual Equipment
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Commercial Dishwashers
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Commercial Dishwashers
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Commercial Freezers
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Commercial Freezers
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Commercial Fryers
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Commercial Fryers
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Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets
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Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets
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Commercial Ice Makers
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Commercial Ice Makers
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Commercial Ice Makers
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Commercial Steam Cookers
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Commercial Steam Cookers
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Commercial Refrigerators
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Commercial Refrigerators
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Composite Panels
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Computers
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Copiers
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Telephones
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Data Centers & Data Center Buildings
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Decorative Light Strings
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Digital Duplicators
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Dishwashers
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Dishwashers
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Doors
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Downlights
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DVD and Blu-Ray Disc Players
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Fax Machines
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Floor Strippers
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Floor Tiles (Heavy Duty/Commercial)
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Floor Tiles
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Fluorescent Ballasts
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Furnaces
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Commercial Gas Water Heaters
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Geothermal
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Heat Pumps, Geothermal or Ground-Source
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Glass Cleaners
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Graffiti and Grease Removers
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Commercial Griddles
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Commercial Griddles
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Non-Mechanical Heat Transfer Systems
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Home Audio/Video
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Household Cleaners, General Purpose
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Refrigerators
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Hydroelectric
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Industrial Process Air Conditioning
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Industrial Process Refrigeration Systems
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Ink Removers and Cleaners
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Landfill Gas
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Light Commercial Heating and Cooling
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Light Fixtures
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Lighting Controls
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Mailing Machines
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Mats
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Wood and Concrete Sealers: Membrane Concrete Sealers
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Monitors
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Multipurpose Cleaners
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Municipal Solid Waste
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Ocean (Tidal, Wave, Current, or Thermal)
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Office Furniture Components
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Commercial Ovens
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Commercial Ovens
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Wood and Concrete Sealers: Penetrating Liquids
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Printers
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Retail Food Refrigeration
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Retail Food Refrigeration
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Roofing Materials
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Air Conditioning, Room
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Air Conditioning, Room
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Scanners and All-in-One Devices
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Servers
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Solar Photovoltaic
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Structural Fiberboard
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Structural Fiberboard
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Televisions
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Vending Machines
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Vending Machines
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Ventilation Fans
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Very Low Temperature Refrigeration Systems
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Water Coolers
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Wind
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Windows
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Composite Panels: Acoustical
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Roofing Materials: Aluminum
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Mats: Blends
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Carpet Cushion: Bonded Polyurethane
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Building Insulation: Cellulose Loose-Fill and Spray-On
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Office Furniture Components: Cellulose Loose-Fill and Spray-On
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Roofing Materials: Concrete
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Office Furniture Components: Fabric
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Roofing Materials: Fiber
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Building Insulation: Fiberglass
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Building Insulation: Foam-in-Place
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Office Furniture Components: Furniture Structure
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Building Insulation: Glass Fiber Reinforced
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Composite Panels: Interior Panels
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Carpet Cushion: Jute
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Office Furniture Components: Particleboard/Fiberboard Component
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Building Insulation: Perlite Composite Board
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Building Insulation: Phenolic Rigid Foam
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Floor Tiles (Heavy Duty/Commercial): Plastic
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Mats: Plastic
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Office Furniture Components: Plastic Furniture Component
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Building Insulation: Plastic Insulating Foam for Residential and Commercial Construction
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Composite Panels: Plastic Lumber
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Building Insulation: Plastic, Non-Woven Batt
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Roofing Materials: Plastic/Composites
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Carpet: Polyester Carpet Face Fiber
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Office Furniture Components: Remanufactured or Refurbished Furniture
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Building Insulation: Rigid Foam
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Building Insulation: Rock Wool
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Carpet Cushion: Rubber
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Floor Tiles (Heavy Duty/Commercial): Rubber
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Mats: Rubber
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Roofing Materials: Rubber
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Roofing Materials: Steel
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Composite Panels: Structural Interior Panels
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Composite Panels: Structural Wall Panels
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Carpet Cushion: Synthetic Fibers
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Roofing Materials: Wood/Composites
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Carpet: Woven, Tufted, or Knitted Fiber and a Backing System
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Dehumidifiers
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Air Purifiers (Cleaners)
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Wood and Concrete Sealers
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Floor Cleaners and Protectors
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Dishwashing Products
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Dishwashing Products
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Commercial Ice Makers: Air-Cooled
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Commercial Ice Makers: Air-Cooled
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Commercial Ice Makers: Air-Cooled
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Commercial Ice Makers: Water-Cooled
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Commercial Ice Makers: Water-Cooled
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Commercial Ice Makers: Water-Cooled
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Floor Coverings (Non-Carpet)
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Wood and Concrete Stains
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Wood and Concrete Stains
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Boilers
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Air Conditioning, Central
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Industrial Luminaires (High/Low Bay)
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Set-Top Boxes and Cable Boxes
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Paint
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Paint: Consolidated Latex Paint
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Paint: Reprocessed Latex Paint -- Dark Colors
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Paint: Reprocessed Latex Paint -- White, Off-White, and Pastel Colors
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Concrete and Asphalt Cleaners
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Concrete and Asphalt Cleaners
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Concrete and Asphalt Cleaners
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Paint: Interior Paints and Coatings -- Latex
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Paint: Interior Paints and Coatings -- Water-borne Alkyd
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Paint: Interior Paints and Coatings -- Oil-Based
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Paint: Interior Paints and Coatings -- Solvent-borne Alkyd
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Freezers
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Computers: Desktop Computers
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Computers: Notebook Computers
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Computers: Workstation Computers
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Computers: Thin Client Computers
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Uninterruptible Power Supplies
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Floor Tiles: Plastic
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Floor Tiles: Rubber
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Residential Water Heaters
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Residential Water Heaters: Whole-Home Gas Tankless
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Residential Water Heaters: Solar
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Residential Water Heaters: High Efficiency Electric Storage (Heat Pump)
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Residential Water Heaters: High-Efficiency Gas Storage
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Residential Water Heaters: Electric Storage Water Heaters
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Data Center Storage
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Large Network Equipment
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Small Network Equipment
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Exterior Lighting
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Fluorescent Luminaires
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Light Bulbs
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Light Bulbs: Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)
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Light Bulbs: LED Lighting
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Composite Panels: Countertops
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Chillers: Air-Cooled Chillers
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Chillers: Water-Cooled Chillers
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Chillers: Refrigerants
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Servers: Enterprise Servers
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Servers: Small-scale Servers
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Advanced Power Strips (APS)
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Wireless Sensor Networks
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Suspended Fluorescent Luminaires
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Clothes Dryers
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Computers: Tablets/Slates
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Computers: Integrated Desktop Computers
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Window, High R Value
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Chillers: Variable-Speed Magnetic Levitation Chiller Compressor
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Ventilation Fan Belts, Synchronous and Cogged
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Cooler, Indirect Evaporative
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Small Network Equipment: Cable and DSL Modems
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Small Network Equipment: Optical Network Devices
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Small Network Equipment: Cable and DSL Integrated Access Devices
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Small Network Equipment: Routers
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Small Network Equipment: Switches
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Small Network Equipment: Access Points
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Telephones: Cordless Phones, Answering Machines, and Combination Units
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Telephones: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Phones
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Skylights
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Boilers: Biomass Boiler, Wood-Pellet-Fired
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Boilers: Condensing
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Boilers: Commercial
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Boilers: Residential
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Ductless Heating and Cooling
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Commercial Clothes Washers
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Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) Hybrid Solar Systems
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Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) Hybrid Solar Systems
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Liquid Applied Solar-control Films
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Roof Coatings
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Dishwashing Products: Dish Detergent
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Dishwashing Products: Dish Detergent
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Dishwashing Products: Dish Soap
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Dishwashing Products: Dish Soap
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Dishwashing Products: Rinse Aids
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Dishwashing Products: Rinse Aids
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Roof Coatings: Plastic (polyol)
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Medical Instrument Cleaners
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Medical Instrument Cleaners
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HVAC Maintenance Products
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Air Conditioner Coil Cleaners
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Air Conditioner Coil Cleaners
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Roof Products (Other)
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Carpet: Nylon
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Wireless Pneumatic Thermostats
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Wireless Advanced Lighting Controls
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LED Fixtures with Integrated Controls
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LED Luminaires, Commercial and Industrial
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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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Commercial Coffee Brewers
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Commercial Coffee Brewers
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Honeycomb Solar Thermal Collector
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Dishwashing Products: Commercial Dishwasher Detergent
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Dishwashing Products: Commercial Dishwasher Detergent
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Laboratory Grade Refrigerator and Freezer
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Laboratory Grade Refrigerator and Freezer
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Smart Thermostats
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Low-emissivity (low-e) Window Film
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Low-emissivity (low-e) Window Film
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Linear LED Lighting Retrofits
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Control Optimization System for Chiller Plants
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LED Downlight Lamps for CFL Fixtures
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Computers: Portable All-In-One Computers
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Paint: Exterior Paint and Coatings
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Whole Building Systems
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Lighting - DOE | High Performance Federal Buildings Database
http://buildingdata.energy.gov/femp
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HVAC - DOE PNNL | Advanced Energy Retrofit Guide – Practical Ways to Improve Energy Performance Office Buildings
http://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/pnnl-20761.pdf
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HVAC - DOE | High Performance Federal Buildings Database
https://buildingdata.energy.gov/femp
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Planted Roof - DOE | High Performance Federal Buildings Database
http://buildingdata.energy.gov/femp
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Planted Roof - Green Tips
Utilize an integrative team to determine the best strategies to optimize building performance.
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Submetering - ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES/USGBC Standard 189.1-2014
Provides total building sustainability guidance for designing and operating high-performance green buildings. From site location, to energy use, to ...
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Submetering - Green Tips and Behavior
Consider leveraging submetering information to provide accountability and incentives for building operations teams through score cards or performanc...
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Submetering - Facility Managers and Operations and Maintenance Staff
No matter how sustainable a building may be in design and construction, it can only remain so if it is operated responsibly and maintained properly....
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Submetering - O&M Impact
Optimizing operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies for building equipment technologies and systems improves operational efficiency, reduces ...
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Lighting - Financial
When employing sustainable lighting strategies, financial benefits can be realized from several sources including energy savings from proper control...
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HVAC - Financial
When employing sustainable HVAC strategies, financial benefits can be realized from several sources, including energy savings from proper controls, ...
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HVAC - LEED BD+C: New Construction (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Design and Construction (BD+C) addresses HVAC systems through a number of prerequi...
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IEQ - Financial
Improvements in indoor environmental quality have the potential to reduce liability to building owners, increase the resale value of the building an...
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IEQ - Case1
Finding: $2 billion estimated annual value of work performance gains from avoiding high temperatures in the winter.Scope: Lawrence Berkeley National...
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Solid Waste - Building Recycling Program and Janitorial Service Contracts
A recommended approach to developing and managing a cost-effective, sustainable waste management program is to: Form a multi-disciplinary team to r...
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Planted Roof - Green Tips
Consider coupling photovoltaics with a planted roof to optimize performance (see Solar/Photovoltaic).
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Submetering - Design Professionals
Data provides important input to the design process. The availability of focused data can help establish direction for designing, building, and main...
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Submetering - Effect on Existing Building Systems
A submetering system enhances building performance and resource use of existing building systems (see System Bundling).
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Water - Financial
Within the federal sector alone, estimates put annual expenditures for water and sewer services between $500 million and $1 billion. Similar estimat...
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IEQ - IAQ Management
Construction and renovation projects pose a unique threat to indoor air quality. IAQ management plans should be instated that emphasize the protecti...
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IEQ - Occupant Health & Productivity
In aggregate, improvements in IEQ have been estimated to have potential annual savings of: $6-14 billion from reduced respiratory disease $1-4 b...
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Planted Roof - Resources
Planted roof systems have a significant impact on the building's overall energy and material consumption. Take into consideration these impacts when...
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Planted Roof - Effect on Existing Building Systems
A planted roof enhances the performance of existing building systems (see System Bundling). This lowers the operating costs and, when replaced, resu...
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Submetering - Tenants
Submeters eliminate utility billing problems associated with arbitrary ratio-based measures (e.g. square footage) that favor high volume users over ...
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Submetering - Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Managers are responsible for the overall performance of building operations and the management of projects for an assigned set of properti...
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Submetering - System Impact on Humans
Submeters offer an exciting look into a building's energy consumption. While submetering systems by themselves have no direct impact on resource use...
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Submetering - Presidential Memorandum: Federal Leadership on Energy Management
Encourages improved building performance and energy management by requiring Federal agencies to install building energy meters and submeters as requ...
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IEQ - Views
Views to the outdoors provide building occupants with not only natural daylight but a visual connection to the environment. This visual connection h...
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IEQ - Owner
The owner wants to maximize the project’s return on investment as well as the overall building’s market value. As a result, the building...
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Solid Waste - Information and Outreach
Persistent outreach and education are vital to reduce consumption and waste. The Property Manager, who is most often the building’s Recycling ...
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Planted Roof - Occupant Satisfaction
The term "biophilia", meaning love of nature, is increasingly being used in high-performance building design. The goal of biomimicry is to recreate ...
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Submetering - O&M
One of the best ways to save energy is to measure and manage it. There are two basic methods for managing resource use: through improved resou...
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IEQ - System Overview
Americans spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors1 and as a result their comfort, health, and work performance rely heavily on indoor e...
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Lighting - Energy Use
By consuming 17% of the building’s total electricity consumption and further influencing overall energy demand by the waste heat it emits, lig...
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Submetering - Integrative Design Process
The integrative design process understands that buildings, their components, and their use type and surroundings are interrelated. Involving all sta...
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Lighting - Lighting Impact on Occupants
Lighting Ecosystem Lighting in the workplace can be better understood as an ecosystem that includes lighting design as just one component of a netw...
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Water - Corrosion and Water Quality
Water contaminants in mechanical process equipment can form deposits, scales, or carryover if not properly expelled through blow-down. These deposit...
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IEQ - Occupant
The occupant’s health and productivity is directly affected by the IEQ and therefore their well-being should be considered throughout the inte...
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IEQ - Acoustical Engineer
Occupant IEQ surveys often report significant dissatisfaction with building acoustical performance. The acoustical engineer is tasked with creating ...
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Planted Roof - Mechanical Engineer
The Mechanical Engineer conducts energy modeling and optimizes the HVAC system. The Mechanical Engineer’s perspective is important at the plan...
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Planted Roof - P100 Facilities Standards
The GSA P100 Facilities standards establishes various requirements for several tiers of high performance federal buildings, with more stringent requ...
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Lighting - Lighting Designer/Engineer
The lighting engineer is responsible for ensuring that all lighting regulations are met, interior and exterior spaces are sufficiently and elegantly...
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Lighting - Energy Policy Act of 1992
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992) amended the National Energy Consumption Policy Act and gave federal agencies the authority to enter into ...
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IEQ - Interior Designer
Interior space not only impacts materials and resource use, but also is critical to human performance through safe and healthy interiors that promo...
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IEQ - Comfort and Productivity
Studies have demonstrated likely productivity gains attributed to increased occupant comfort of 0.5 – 5% from direct improvements in the quali...
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Submetering - System Overview
Cost Savings Submetering itself does not reduce utility costs, but the data can guide management strategies, investment, and operational decision...
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Lighting - Optimize Building Energy Efficiency
Some water system components, when bundled together, can significantly reduce overall building energy consumption as over eight percent of total ene...
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HVAC - Energy Policy Act of 2005
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) amends EPAct 1992 and establishes a number of energy management goals for federal facilities involving co...
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Submetering - System Specific Maintenance
Submetering systems must be installed and maintained properly by trained and motivated O&M staff to achieve the design performance objectives. O...
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Submetering - Enabling Monitoring-Based Commissioning
Enhances building performance by utilizing metered data to recognize system inefficiencies and energy anomalies. Identifies energy-consuming load...
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Submetering - Identifying and Monitoring Efficiency Retrofits
Resource audits based on metered data help to determine the value of making investments in system retrofits and replacements to improve a building's...
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HVAC - System Overview
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are responsible for providing thermal comfort and fresh air to building occupants. This is...
Materials
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Vinyl Frame
Window frames are one component of a window assembly. In naturally ventilated buildings window frames allow the window to be opened to bring in fre... -
Wood Frame
Window frames are one component of a window assembly. In naturally ventilated buildings window frames allow the window to be opened to bring in fre... -
Entrance Mats
Entrance Mats located at the main doors of the building, either on the exterior or interior, trap the contaminants from foot traffic. Dust, dirt ... -
Ceiling Fans
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Overhead Air Distribution
Overhead air distribution is the most common approach to mixing and delivering conditioned air to a space, though the delivery method can vary from ...