High Performance Building Standard

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High PerformanceBuilding Standard

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• Public Law 93-383, Sect. 809 (1974)

Congress directed NIBS to exercise its functions
and responsibilities in four general areas,
relating to building regulations..

• Develop maintain performance criteria for
  maintenance of life, safety, health, and public
  welfare for the built environment.
• Evaluate building technology to meet the above
  criteria.
• Conduct related and needed investigations
• Assemble, store, and disseminate technical data
  and related information

NIBS acts as a non-threatening open forum host
for capital facilities industry collaboration and
a recognized consensus process
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Energy Policy Act of 2005

• Sec. 914. BUILDING STANDARDS.
• (a) DEFINITION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS.
  In this section, the term high performance
  building means a building that integrates and
  optimizes all major high-performance building
  attributes, including energy efficiency,
  durability, life-cycle performance, and occupant
  productivity.

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Energy Policy Act of 2005

• (b) ASSESSMENT. Not later than 120 days after
  the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
  shall enter into an agreement with the National
  Institute of Building Sciences to
• (1) conduct an assessment (in cooperation with
  industry standards development organizations) of
  whether the current voluntary consensus standards
  and rating systems for high performance buildings
  are consistent with the current technological
  state of the art, including relevant results from
  the research, development and demonstration
  activities of the Department

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Energy Policy Act of 2005

• (2) determine if additional research is
  required, based on the findings of the
  assessment and
• (3) recommend steps for the Secretary to
  accelerate the development of voluntary
  consensus-based standards for high performance
  buildings that are based on t he findings of the
  assessment.

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Energy Policy Act of 2005

• (c) GRANT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
  Consistent with subsection (b) and section 12 (d)
  of the National Technology Transfer and
  Advacement Act of 1995, the Secretary shall
  establish a grant and technical assistance
  program to support the development of voluntary
  consensus-based standards for high performance
  buildings.

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Assessment Methodology

• Identify specific performance goals that would be
  used to define a high performance building.
• Identify specific performance metrics and
  benchmarks for providing for performance goals. a
  matrix.
• Catalogue existing industry standards and
  programs that are used to measure or validate the
  specific performance metrics including the
  identification of gaps and standards needed to
  measure and validate high performance buildings.
• Develop final framework and document assessment.

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Defining High Performance Buildingsthrough
Performance Goals

• Building Life Span
• Systems Life Spans
• Building Operation
• Building Maintenance
• Occupant Productivity
• Occupant Safety and Security
• Mission Performance
• Building Efficiency
• Systems Performance

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Identifying Performance Metrics

• Energy Use
• Water Use
• Environmental Responsiveness
• Productivity
• Building Flexibility/Efficiency
• Security
• Safety
• Accessibility
• Thermal Comfort
• Acoustical Comfort
• Lighting Comfort
• Indoor Air Quality
• Airtightness
• Moisture Protection
• System/Equipment Efficiency
• System/Equipment Longevity
• System/Equipment Maintenance
• Disaster Operations

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Cataloguing Performance Validation Methods

• Industry Specifications
• Industry Standards/Test Methods
• Product/System Testing Programs
• Building/Product Certification and Rating
  Programs
• Federal Requirements

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What Is It?

• It is Not a
• Building code
• Certification program
• Evaluation program
• Federal requirement
• It is a
• Industry consensus on the definition of high
  performance for buildings
• Harmonization of existing standards to meet that
  definition

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Assessment Approach

• Task 1 Conduct Meeting 1
• Agree on scope and building types, agree on
  performance goals and areas, form subcommittees,
  and formulate subcommittee work plans.
• Task 2 Subcommittee Activities
• Define performance metrics and levels, identify
  existing and needed validation methods.
• Task 3 Conduct Meeting 2
• Develop preliminary consensus on performance
  metrics, levels and validation methods.
• Task 4 Subcommittee Activities
• Finalize performance metrics, levels and
  validation methods.
• Task 5 Conduct Meeting 3
• Develop final consensus on performance goals,
  metrics, levels and validation methods.
• Task 6 Prepare final Assessment Report