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Staying Ahead of Advancing

Energy Codes with the

Advanced Buildings New

Construction Guide

Agenda

Introduction • Introduction to Advanced Buildings

Codes Landscape • The link between Advanced Buildings and energy codes

• Recent stringency advancements in energy code

The New Construction

Guide

• Structure

• Tier 1

• Tier 2

• Tier 3

Wrap Up • Q&A

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Advanced Buildings New Construction Guide

NBI’s prescriptive solution for

achieving high performance in

new commercial construction

and major renovation projects

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Advanced Buildings

New Construction Guide

Commercial Buildings up to 100,000 sf • Office

• Retail

• Schools

• Town Halls, Fire & Police Stations

• Warehouses Core Performance Building: Tremont Yard Building

Lowell, MA. Photo credit: National Grid

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Uh, Building Energy Simulation

Forum

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http://www.innovationlabs.org.uk/2013/03/21/iterative-design-works/

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Advanced Buildings Program Partners

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2003

Guide Evolution

2006

2009

2014

90.1-1999

16-26%

25-35%

20-30%

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MA Stretch Code

American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey)

30%

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-15%

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AB Energy Performance Tiers

Tier 1

Tier 2 Tier 3

Tier 1

Tier 2 Tier 3

Tier 1

Tier 2 Tier 3

IECC “2009+”

Tier 1

Tier 2 Tier 3

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Energy Savings by Tier

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0.40 CFM/sf of envelope area

• Blower Door Testing

• Prescriptive Checklist

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0.40 CFM/sf of envelope area

• Blower Door Testing – 0.4 CFM/sf

• Prescriptive Checklist

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0.40 CFM/sf of envelope area

• Blower Door Testing – 0.4 CFM/sf

• Prescriptive Checklist – 1.0 CFM/sf

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Pick One

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Questions?

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Tier 4: Operations

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Sensitivity Analysis Comparing the Impact of Design, Operation, and Tenant Behavior on Building Energy Performance

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• Resource Conservation Manager

• Computing Policy

• Procurement Policy

• Scheduling Policy

• Plug Load Policy

• Energy Feedback / Continuous Benchmarking

• Continuous Commissioning

• Etc.

Tier 4: Operations

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