TY - GEN
T1 - Getting to carbon neutrality in buildings
AU - Bryan, Harvey
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Recently, a host of initiatives such as Architecture 2030, which is asking the building community to design carbon neutral buildings by 2030, have been launched to help the U.S. tackle reductions in carbon emissions. Unfortunately, for individuals attempting to understand how to reduce CO 2 in buildings there is a lack of potential technologies to help them understand if they are on track to achieving such goals. To resolve this dilemma, this paper will benchmark a typical small office building located in ASHRAE Climate Zone 4A to determine how various technological interventions can improve its CO 2 footprint. Benchmarks or budgets for this building will be established using the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) database, the new ASHRAE 90.1-2007 standard and the proposed ASHRAE 189.1 High Performance Green Building Standard.
AB - Recently, a host of initiatives such as Architecture 2030, which is asking the building community to design carbon neutral buildings by 2030, have been launched to help the U.S. tackle reductions in carbon emissions. Unfortunately, for individuals attempting to understand how to reduce CO 2 in buildings there is a lack of potential technologies to help them understand if they are on track to achieving such goals. To resolve this dilemma, this paper will benchmark a typical small office building located in ASHRAE Climate Zone 4A to determine how various technological interventions can improve its CO 2 footprint. Benchmarks or budgets for this building will be established using the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) database, the new ASHRAE 90.1-2007 standard and the proposed ASHRAE 189.1 High Performance Green Building Standard.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84868618044
SN - 9781605604787
T3 - American Solar Energy Society - SOLAR 2008, Including Proc. of 37th ASES Annual Conf., 33rd National Passive Solar Conf., 3rd Renewable Energy Policy and Marketing Conf.: Catch the Clean Energy Wave
SP - 5536
EP - 5569
BT - American Solar Energy Society - SOLAR 2008, Including Proc. of 37th ASES Annual Conf., 33rd National Passive Solar Conf., 3rd Renewable Energy Policy and Marketing Conf.
T2 - SOLAR 2008: Catch the Clean Energy Wave, Including 37th ASES Annual Conference, 33rd National Passive Solar Conference and 3rd Renewable Energy Policy and Marketing Conference
Y2 - 3 May 2008 through 8 May 2008
ER -