Author: United States. Public Buildings Service
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Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Author: Tetra Tech, Inc
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Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Author: Andrew K. Persily
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Category : Office buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Office building envelopes are generally successful in meeting a range of structural, aesthetic and thermal requirements. However, poor thermal envelope performance will occur when there are discontinuities in the envelope insulation and air barrier systems, such as thermal bridges and air leakage sites. These discontinuities result from designs that do not adequately account for heat, air and moisture transmission, with many thermal defects being associated with inappropriate or inadequate detailing of the connections of envelope components. Despite the existence of these thermal envelope performance problems, information is available to design and construct envelopes that do perform well. In order to close the gap between available knowledge and current practice, the Public Buildings Service of the General Services Administration has entered into an interagency agreement with the Center for Building Technology of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop thermal envelope design guidelines for federal office buildings. The goal of this project is to transfer the knowledge on thermal envelope design and performance from the building research, design and construction communities into a form that will be used by building design professionals. This report describes the NIST/GSA envelope design guidelines development at the end of the first year of effort on the project. The effort to this point has consisted of a literature review of research results and technical information on thermal envelope performance and design, an assessment of existing design guidelines as they relate to the thermal envelope, and the development of a format and outline for the design guidelines.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture and energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: International Code Council
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892395313
Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1004

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Author: United States. Coast Guard
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 936

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Author: Andrea Woodner
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788184687
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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High performance buildings maximize operational energy savings; improve comfort, health, & safety of occupants & visitors; & limit detrimental effects on the environment. These Guidelines provide instruction in the new methodologies that form the underpinnings of high performance buildings. They further indicate how these practices may be accommodated within existing frameworks of capital project administration & facility management. Chapters: city process; design process; site design & planning; building energy use; indoor environment; material & product selection; water mgmt.; construction admin.; commissioning; & operations & maintenance.

Author: United States. Federal Energy Administration. Office of Conservation and Environment
Publisher:
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Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Author: United States. Office of Energy Conservation and Environment
Publisher:
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Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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