Reference Materials

Advanced Buildings includes a number of guides and reference resources that support enhanced energy performance in building design.

•  Core Performance Guide

  Provides whole building, system and component performance guidelines that, used as a whole, provide guaranteed performance improvement. The Core Performance Guide, published in July 2007, updates and takes the place of the Benchmark.

  Those who participate in Core Performance trainings or purchase the Core Performance Guide receive exclusive access to a continually updated library of reference materials. Materials include specific technical information, system specifications and information resources on the design process, envelope, lighting and daylighting, HVAC and power.

  
  

Read an excerpt from the Core Performance Guide (488 KB)
You can purchase the Core Performance Guide at Powell’s Books. The purchase price includes one-year’s exclusive access to our online library of Reference Materials.