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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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Space Reconfiguration and Renovation Projects
As needs change over time, tenants often need to convert space or phase the conversion of individual space or rooms to meet these changing needs....
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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 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... -
Building Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) accounts for approximately 44% of commercial building energy use.Source: U.S.... -
Enhancing Health with Indoor Air
Four key levers to enhance health and performance by improving indoor air. -
Integrative Design Process
Integrative thinking looks for synergies among strategies - strategies that enhance one another. It also looks for strategies that, taken together, ... -
Materials, Furniture, and Furnishings Replacement
Daily wear and tear means that materials, furniture and furnishings require periodic replacement.
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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 Selection
A variety of physical building characteristics and operations policies should be evaluated for compliance with and support of the spaces’ heal...
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Whole Building Systems
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HVAC - Human Behavior on HVAC
Human behavior and interaction with the building space plays a critical component in achieving holistic sustainability. Desired gains in energy effi...
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HVAC - HVAC Impact on Humans
Providing high quality thermal and ventilation comfort as part of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in commercial offices is a high priority for fe...
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HVAC - GSA's Proving Ground - HVAC
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/106783
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Submetering - Green Globes NC
Is there sub-metering installed for the following systems: light and lighting controls by floor or by zones, plug loads by floor or by zone, major e...
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Submetering - ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013
Provides the minimum requirements for energy-efficient design of most buildings, except low-rise residential buildings in the United States. Require...
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Lighting - DOE | Sustainable Design Guide – Ch 5. Lighting, HVAC, and Plumbing
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/commercial_initiative/sustainable_guide_ch5.pdf?bcsi_scan_F066E91406BDD76E=0&bcsi_scan_...
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HVAC - Green Tips and Strategies
Develop an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manual to serve as the HVAC-management policy and a central operating reference for building management ...
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HVAC - DOE | Sustainable Design Guide – Ch 5. Lighting, HVAC, and Plumbing
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/commercial_initiative/sustainable_guide_ch5.pdf
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HVAC - O&M
An environmental conscious HVAC upgrade can reduce energy usage bills by lowering resource consumption and improving the indoor environment for huma...
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HVAC - LEED O+M: Existing Buildings (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) addresses HVAC systems through a number of prereq...
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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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HVAC - Green Tips and Strategies
Get the most out of your building systems. Learn more about commissioning in the O&M Section.
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HVAC - Green Tips and Strategies
Analyze room configurations and HVAC distribution layouts to ensure all parts of a room are receiving adequate ventilation, especially spaces where ...
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HVAC - Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings
HVAC systems must be commissioned (and recommissioned), and integrative design principles should be employed. Energy efficiency necessitates HVA...
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IEQ - Mechanical Engineer
Optimization of the HVAC system is critical in maintaining a healthy and productive indoor environment. The mechanical engineer is responsible for p...
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HVAC - Water Use
HVAC components, particularly cooling towers, steam systems, and humidifiers, are responsible for large amounts of water consumption in our building...
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HVAC - Operations and Maintenance Costs
Proper maintenance extends the life of your HVAC equipment and saves energy along the way. Panicked, late night service calls for your suddenly br...
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HVAC - Reporting Mechanism & Maintenance Plan
Provide an easy to follow and convenient platform for building occupants to report noticeable malfunctions or complaints about the HVAC system to ma...
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HVAC - Green Globes New Construction (NC)
Green Globes certification for NC requires careful attention to HVAC systems, thermal comfort, and adequate ventilation. Several questions are asked...
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IEQ - Ventilation / Filtration
Ventilation is the process of "changing" or replacing air in any space to remove airborne contaminants such as moisture, odors, emissions from build...
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IEQ - Thermal Comfort
Thermal conditions, which include air temperature, relative humidity, and velocity, greatly impact overall occupant comfort and associated productiv...
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Submetering - Impact on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
Submetering systems help to improve resource efficiency and conservation practices in a building, which can be used to improve indoor environmental ...
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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...
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HVAC - Architect
The architect has as much or more impact on the HVAC system than any other member of the integrative team. An architect’s decisions - the building ...
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HVAC - Integrative Design Process
The integrative design process understands that buildings, their components, and their context are interrelated. Whole-building systems observe this...
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Lighting - Mechanical Engineer
The mechanical engineer will size the heating and cooling equipment based on both internal heat loads and heat loss through the building envelope. ...
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Lighting - System Bundling
When specifying or replacing a particular lighting component, consider coordinating that component with other related building equipment. Lighting t...
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HVAC - Resources
The HVAC system has a tremendous impact on natural resources, through electricity, gas, and other purchased energy as well as water consumption, mat...
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HVAC - Mechanical Engineer
The mechanical engineer is responsible for sizing the heating and cooling equipment based on both internal heat loads and heat loss through the buil...
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HVAC - Lighting Engineer
The lighting engineer ultimately determines the power used by the lighting system. The engineer’s equipment selection also affects how much of this ...
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HVAC - Occupant
The occupant has a great impact on HVAC-related energy use. Individual controls help ensure comfort for those in the building. Occupants without t...
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HVAC - Interior Designer
The interior designer has an impact on HVAC systems in several ways. Interior partitions and furniture placement affect air flows. Certain space fu...
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HVAC - Owner
The owner must be on board with HVAC design and operation choices, as these will have an impact on first costs. Lower operating costs, however, resu...
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HVAC - System Bundling
When specifying or replacing a particular HVAC component, consider bundling that component with other related building equipment and strategies. Bui...
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HVAC - LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors (v4)
LEED for Interior Design & Construction (ID+C): Commercial Interiors is intended for certification of spaces smaller than the whole building. Ev...
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HVAC - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Green Globes for Existing Buildings encourages the proper maintenance of not only HVAC equipment but also building elements that have an impact on h...
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Water - Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical engineers should be brought to the integrative process table to give insight as to how to successfully integrate the HVAC components into...
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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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IEQ - Commissioning
Systems can malfunction, drift out of spec, or become obsolete over the life time of the building. It is important to commission and regularly re-co...
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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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HVAC - Refrigerants
One major environmental impact directly related to HVAC systems is the release of refrigerants into the atmosphere. A pound of these chemicals, part...
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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 - Energy Independence and Security Act (2007)
EISA 2007 established energy management goals and requirements, of which a sustainable lighting strategy is necessary, for federal buildings. It est...
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IEQ - Green Cleaning and Integrated Pest Management
It is no surprise that regular upkeep is necessary to maintain a high indoor air quality, as dust, dirt, and mold accrue on materials in the space o...
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IEQ - Lighting Engineer
The lighting engineer, in cooperation with the rest of the integrative team, should ensure as much natural daylight permeates the space as possible....
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HVAC - Energy Use
HVAC consumes an average of 30% of a facility’s energy use.1 Much of that use is wasted, at times right through the front door. Other times t...
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HVAC - Utility Demand Charges
Your electricity bill tends to have several line items, such as costs for generation, distribution, and taxes. Some of these are related to consump...
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IEQ - Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Research has shown that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), or secondhand smoke, from cigarettes, pipes, and cigars has cancer-causing airborne parti...
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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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HVAC - Systems Optimization
There is a good chance your building systems are not operating at their peak efficiency. The reasons for this are many, including but not limited to...
Materials
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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 ... -
Under Floor Air Distribution
Under floor air distribution systems supply conditioned air to an occupied space via diffusers in a raised floor. This system effectively maintains... -
Thermostat
A thermostat is a component of the HVAC controls system. Detection and communication of the space temperature is a critical component of overall HV... -
Perimeter Units
Known by a number of commons terms such as "induction units," "window units," and "floor units," perimeter HVAC units bring conditioned air out to t...