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The legal definition of a ‘‘high-performance building’’ is a building that integrates and optimizes — on a life-cycle basis — all major high-performance attributes, including energy conservation, environment, safety, security, durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity, functionality, and operational considerations.
GSA’s The Impact of High-Performance Buildings study [PDF - 3 MB] found that our high-performance buildings:
High-performance design principles optimize efficiency and minimize negative impacts on both a building’s occupants and its surroundings. GSA incorporates these principles into our new construction and modernization projects as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) § 433(a)(D)(i)(III) and the Public Buildings Service Core Building Standards (CBS).
We focus on cost-effectively meeting our tenant agencies’ mission objectives and functional needs. An integrated, holistic design approach positively impacts all phases of a building’s life cycle and encourages strategic compromise and tradeoffs where necessary to:
Per the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s Federal Building Performance Standards, agencies must design new buildings to achieve energy efficiency at least 30% better than ASHRAE 90.1 standards, where life-cycle cost-effective.
Federal agencies, including GSA, may comply with EISA § 433, Federal Acquisition Regulation § 7.103(p)(3), and Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 36 § 36.002(d)(1) by leveraging preexisting legal mandates and content from the Guiding Principles — a beneficial and cost-effective building assessment framework that originated with a 2006 interagency memorandum of understanding. These principles systematically help optimize applicable buildings’ performance and life-cycle value.
Federal agencies must report their portfolio’s annual progress toward meeting the Federal Real Property Profile Management System’s corresponding data element 32a. Track GSA’s strategic portfolio-wide progress in our story map.
GSA uses a new EISA 433 Design Checklist to efficiently track how our new construction and major renovation projects are implementing mainstream, legally required best practices in integrated design, energy, water, indoor environmental quality, and materials.
In alignment with GSA’s CBS and recent U.S. policies, including Executive Order 14154 “Unleashing American Energy”, GSA’s streamlined EISA 433 Design Checklist tracks how our major projects meet the subset of legally driven core and statutory criteria from the Guiding Principles.
Finally, the EISA requires GSA, among other things, to:
Our Clearinghouse provides statutorily required information on high-performance buildings, including technical assistance, tools, and resources to implement best practices. The Clearinghouse lists additional federal requirements and regulations for high-performance buildings and includes informational sections on energy, water, health, integrative design strategies, workplace strategies, procurement, learning resources, and emerging technology assessments.
To learn more about how we integrate high-performance building principles and practices into design, construction, operations, maintenance, and client strategy, contact Walter Tersch, Acting GSA Core Building Standards Program Manager.
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