View a free guide to energy codes and building performance standards, including model energy codes and case studies.
A one page factsheet highlighting the updates the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will make to commercial building tax credits
While performance elements tell employees what they have to do, the standards tell them how well they have to do it. The first article in this series defined and reviewed the characteristics of critical, non-critical, and additional performance elements. This article reviews the principles of writing good standards that can be used effectively to appraise employee performance of those elements.
Is your juristiction adopting a Performance Standard? Heres what to do.
This document from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) establishes a standard method for monitoring and reporting on the energy performance of commercial buildings.