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Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is most simply described as the conditions inside the building. It includes air quality, but also access to da...
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Health
Good health has both physical and psychological components. Being healthy means the absence of disease and illness, as well as feeling posi...
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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 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 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) accounts for approximately 44% of commercial building energy use.Source: U.S.... -
Buildings and Health
The challenge for building design and operations is to identify and eliminate health risks while also providing positive physical, emotional, and...
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Enhancing Health with Indoor Air
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Adaptable Workplace Laboratory
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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 ... -
Flexible Workplace Design
Today’s workplaces are often in flux. Organizations change direction or develop new services. People move to new sp...
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Materials, Furniture, and Furnishings Replacement
Daily wear and tear means that materials, furniture and furnishings require periodic replacement.
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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... -
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... -
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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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 - Ventilation and IAQ
Ventilation, filtration, and the associated indoor air quality are important for maintaining occupant health and satisfaction. Providing ventilation...
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IEQ - EPA | Energy Cost and IAQ Performance of Ventilation Systems and Controls
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/ventilation-systems-and-controls-study
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IEQ - Berkeley CBE | Mixed Mode Ventilation
http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/mixedmode/index.html
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Planted Roof - Berkeley Center for the Built Environment (CBE) | Mixed Mode Ventilation
http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/mixedmode/index.html
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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 - Green Tips and Behavior
Utilize CO2 sensors to assess the air quality of spaces to adjust ventilation.
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IEQ - Green Tips
Prohibit smoking within the facility or near building entrances and ventilation intakes.
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IEQ - Green Tips
Prevent adverse health effects through improved air filtration in the building ventilation system.
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IEQ - Green Tips
Optimize ventilation rates and energy efficiency to find a comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient solution.
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IEQ - Example Questions
Is there a requirement that design criteria for the ventilation system meet ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality...
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Planted Roof - Green Tips Impact
Locate ventilation intakes near planted roofs to promote cleaner indoor air quality.
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IEQ - Case2
Finding: $9-14 billion economic benefit associated with increasing ventilation rates to 32 cfm per person.Scope: Lawrence Berkeley National Laborato...
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HVAC - Green Tips and Strategies
Incorporate natural ventilation, if appropriate to the location, and consider adjusting the requirements of ASHRAE Standard 55 to account for the im...
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HVAC - Green Tips and Strategies
Evaluate the use of access floors with displacement ventilation for flexibility, personal comfort control, and energy savings.
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HVAC - Green Tips and Behavior
Employ demand-control ventilation, tied to CO2 monitors, to deliver just the right amount of outdoor air.
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IEQ - Green Tips
Continually monitor indoor CO2 concentrations through use of CO2 monitors placed at normal breathing heights (3-6ft) from the floor to ensure adequa...
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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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IEQ - Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings
Provide occupants with safe and healthy ventilation and thermal comfort, in alignment with applicable ASHRAE standards and statutory requirements....
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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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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 - 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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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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IEQ - LEED O+M: Existing Buildings (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) dedicates an entire credit section to enhancing t...
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IEQ - LEED BD+C: New Construction (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Design and Construction (BD+C) highlights indoor environmental quality in a fully ...
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IEQ - Green Globes for Existing Buildings (EB)
Green Globes for Existing Buildings addresses a healthy indoor environment through questions pertaining to the ventilation system, filtration system...
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Planted Roof - Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
Plants have long been used in the urban environment to remove air pollutants like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, smog-forming compounds and par...
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IEQ - Facility Manager
By establishing green cleaning contracts and purchasing agreements that specify environmentally-friendly cleaning and office materials, the facility...
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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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IEQ - Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) are symptoms that affect a person within the building, primarily office spaces, but improve when away from the building...
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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 - 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 - 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...
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... -
Hot to Order Food
Certain food items are often prepared to-order in front of patrions. These stations are often composed of cooking equipment behind a counter that i... -
Deep Fryer
Deep Fryers require energy to heat oil to high temperatures. They also require ventilation directly above the equipment and specialized suppression ... -
Gas Burner
Natural gas is often used in cook-top equipment similar to a residential range. Electric burners can be used in lieu of gas. Coo... -
Grill and Griddle
A grill and griddle uses heat elements under a metal surface to cook food. The heat elements can be powered by natural gas or el... -
Oven and Grill Cleaners
Over cleaners often use strong chemicals to break down accumulated grease and food residue. These cleansers can contribute to po... -
Kitchen Exhaust Hoods
Kitchen exhaust hoods are a large energy consumer in cafeteria spaces. Significant amounts of energy can be conserved by utilizing transfer air – co... -
Copy Equipment
Copiers, fax machines and other office equipment can be energy intensive. Many newly manufactured copiers, printers, scanners and fax machines are ...