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ASHRAE Standard 90.1 4.2.5.1 requires that the building envelope undergoes
functional performance testing (FPT) and states that testing must use generally
accepted engineering...

In LEED v5, the ‘Enhanced Energy Efficiency’ category receives a total score of 10 points, compared to LEED v4 and v4.1, which allocated 18 points. This discrepancy raises...

Operational Carbon Projection and Decarbonization Plan – project-specific modeling of energy use should be a minimum requirement; there is too much uncertainty introduced by allowing...

At the upcoming SimBuild event, an intriguing presentation awaits: ‘I’m speaking at the #SimBuild 2024 Conference in Denver, discussing ASHRAE 90.1’s Building Performance Factors. I hope to...

How do projects on combustion-fueled district energy systems approach this prereq & credit? 

Many campus projects with a central plant are now being designed to use no fossil fuel on...

LEED should consider adding "hourly-matching" as a criterion to renewable electricity procured under Tier 2 and Tier 3. In other words,...

Very happy to see a heavily weighted credit breaking out thermal loads from the whole building energy model credit. This will be a great incentive not to ignore envelope even in buildings where...