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Designing for High-Performance: Achieving Goals without Breaking the Budget

Building designers, owners and facility managers are under increased pressure to deliver sustainability and other performance outcomes - without the benefit of increased budgets.

Meeting these goals using existing budgets requires a methodical approach to establishing meaningful performance targets, optimizing integration strategies and using resources (both time and money) efficiently. This on-demand webinar will examine tools, techniques, technologies and policies for achieving high-performance buildings. You will learn how to leverage existing strategies, practices and technologies to improve building performance. Learning Objectives: •You will be able to identify what a high-performance building is. •You will be able to review fundamental principles for optimizing performance. •You will be able to discuss emerging metrics for high-performance benefits. •You will be able to explain funding for high-performance projects.

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What Is a High-Performance Building?

A Holistic, Life-Cycle Approach to Cost-Effective Performance

  • Introduction to Whole Building Design
  • Optimizing for Life-Cycle Performance
  • Establishing Performance Goals
  • Achieving Performance Goals
  • Tools, Techniques and Policies for High Performance

Fundamental Principles for Optimizing Performance

  • Optimize Site Selection
  • Optimize Energy Use
  • Protect and Conserve Water
  • Use Greener Materials
  • Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
  • Optimize Operational and Maintenance Practices

Emerging Metrics for High-Performance Benefits

Funding for High-Performance Projects

  • Financial Mechanisms
  • Finding Federal, State and Local Incentives for High-Performance Projects

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This course was last revised on November 7, 2013.

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This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

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Ryan Colker

Ryan Colker

National Institute of Building Sciences

Ryan M. Colker, J.D.

  • Director of the Consultative Council and Presidential Advisor at National Institute of Building Sciences
  • Also serves as director of Sustainable Buildings Industry Council at National Institute of Building Sciences
  • Frequent speaker at building industry events including Greenbuild, Construct, Building Innovation and ASHRAE and AIA conventions
  • Previously served as manager of government affairs for ASHRAE and contributed to development of BuildingEQ, ASHRAE’s building energy labeling program
  • Recent publications focus on data needs for high-performance buildings, systems-based approaches to high-performance, codes and standards, and net-zero energy buildings
  • Serves as editor of an annual report from the building industry to the president and Congress of findings and recommendations to improve the nation’s built environment
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