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Staying Ahead of Advancing
Energy Codes with the
Advanced Buildings New
Construction Guide
Agenda
Introduction • Webinar housekeeping
• AIA credits
• 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
• Follow-up Survey
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Staying Ahead of Advancing Energy Codes with the Advanced Buildings New Construction Guide ABNCG101
Sean Denniston December 16, 2014
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Credit(s) earned on completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
This course is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. _______________________________________
Questions related to specific materials, methods, and services will be addressed at the conclusion of this presentation.
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This course will provide an introduction to recent changes in the national energy code landscape, including recent significant increases in stringency in the national model codes. It will then explore how to use the Advanced Buildings New Construction Guide to deliver building designs that are meaningfully more efficient than these advancing codes. It will also take a deeper dive into specific topics in the New Construction Guide that may be new or less familiar to practitioners.
Course Description
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Learning Objectives
1. Gain an understanding of the recent changes in the national energy code landscape
2. Explore the impact of significant energy code stringency changes on design practices 3. Learn about the Advanced Buildings New Construction Guide and how it can be used as a
part of design practices to create more efficient building designs. 4. Take a deeper dive into advanced energy efficiency design practices that will need to
become common in future building designs in order to stay ahead of code advancements, such as fan power reduction, daylighting, HVAC system selection, etc.
At the end of the this course, participants will be able to:
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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
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Prescriptive Option
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Advanced Buildings Program Partners
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Guide Evolution
2006
2009
2014
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25-35%
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MA Stretch Code
American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey)
30%
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Questions?
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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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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
This concludes The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems Course
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