This four-color guide presents a simple approach to energy design for contractors and designers of office buildings up to 20,000 sq. ft. Ideal for the Contracting, Design and Remodeling industries, this peer-reviewed Guide features a user-friendly format and contains “how-to” guidance. The Guide provides benefits and savings for building owners while maintaining quality and functionality of the office space.

The Guide includes:

• Easy to follow climate zones for your geographic region
• Recommendations for achieving energy efficiency credits for LEED
• Bonus strategies for saving energy outside the building
• Ways to retrofit existing buildings and renovations

This Guide helps meet all of the owner's energy performance requirements, since it was developed by a diverse group of energy professionals: ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), New Buildings Institute (NBI), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). 104 pp.

Advanced Energy Design Guide For Small Office Buildings - Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Integrated Process to Achieve Energy Savings
  • Pre-Design Phase-Prioritize Goals
  • Design Phase
  • Construction
  • Acceptance
  • Occupancy
  • Operation
• Recommendations by Climate
  • Zone 1
  • Zone 2
  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
• How to Implement Recommendations
  • Quality Assurance
  • Envelope
  • Opaque Envelope Components
  • Vertical Glazing (Envelope)
  • Window Design Guidelines for Thermal Conditions
  • Window Design Guidelines for Daylight
  • Lighting
  • Day lighting
  • Day lighting Controls
  • Electric Lighting Design
  • HVAC
  • Service Water Heating
  • Bonus Savings
  • Plug Loads
  • Exterior Lighting
• Appendix A – Envelope Thermal Performance Factors