High Performance Outcomes

3 Common Roadblocks to Achieving Project Performance 1- The Project Delivery Model: This is not to say that all three primary Delivery Models can't achieve a "High Performance" result. It's that the risk/cost associated with various Project Delivery Models creates a barrier to High Performance by jeopardizing the project's budget. The proof of this is evident in the inventory of High Performance Green Buildings built over the past several years. They are the exception, not the rule. All things being equal, no owner would avoid the creation of a facility that reduces their energy costs by up to 50%, unless their budget "forbids" it.

The procurement "lesson-learned"  from the DOE/NREL Research Support Facility project in Golden, Colorado is Net-Zero Energy does not add cost to the project. That's right, DOE didn't pay a penny more for Net-Zero Performance of the 350,000 SF building than set forth in the original budget. Phases 1 and 2 of the RSF Project have now been in operation for more than a year. The energy performance has been verified at Net-Zero and the final cost for the project met the appropriated budget, which did not require a Net-Zero Energy outcome. What caused the FREE upgrade in operational performance was the procurement process used on the project.

It’s color and goal are lockset at start  But process and flow, tradition in part Panic pros and bank, compared to the “cart” Though known by us all, we tear it apart The answer to this riddle can be found in this: YouTube Documentary: "Achieving Best Value" Over the past few years, I’ve read a number of articles, white papers, and case-studies concerning Net Zero Energy and High Performance Green Buildings. Just about all of them offer design process & construction technology advice, and step-by-step directives to achieve a “Net Zero Energy High Performance Green Building”…wow, that term is a mouth-full. By example, the white paper put out by BD+C ( www.bdcnetwork.com ) entitled “Zero and Net-Zero Energy Buildings + Homes: Eighth in a series of white papers on Green Building Movement” has a sidebar: Step-by-step Design Map to Net-Zero Energy William Maclay, AIA, a principal with Maclay Architects, Waitsfield, Vt., offers this step-by-step ...