Building performance is an attribute of a building that expresses how well that building carries out its functions. It may also relate to the performance...
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Building performance simulation (BPS) is the replication of aspects of building performance using a computer-based, mathematical model created on the...
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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/EC, the "EPBD") is the European Union's main legislative instrument aiming to promote the improvement...
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The Building Performance Database (BPD) is an anonymized database that contains energy use intensity data for hundreds of thousands of buildings in the...
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High-performance buildings are those which deliver a relatively higher level of energy efficiency performance or greenhouse gas reduction than what is...
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Performance-Based Building Design is an approach to the design of any complexity of building, from single-detached homes up to and including high-rise...
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A building-energy performance gap is a disparity between the energy consumption predicted in the design stage of a building and the energy use in actual...
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September 11 attacks (category Attacks on buildings and structures in 2001)
2018. World Trade Center Building Performance Study – Bankers Trust Building, pp. [page needed] "The Deutsche Bank Building at 130 Liberty Street". Lower...
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Low-energy house (redirect from High performance building)
provide guidelines and issue certifications to guarantee the energy performance of buildings and their processes and materials. Certifications include passive...
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7 World Trade Center (1987–2001) (redirect from Salomon Brothers Building)
WTC-7, or Tower 7), colloquially known as Building 7 or the Salomon Brothers Building, was an office building constructed as part of the original World...
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(September 1, 2002). "Chapter 2. WTC 1 and WTC 2". World Trade Center Building Performance Study. FEMA. p. 33. ... the loads initially carried by the damaged...
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Collapse of the World Trade Center (category Building and structure collapses in 2001)
"Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis of the World Trade Center Towers. Appendices A-E. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation...
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1 World Trade Center (1971–2001) (category Buildings and structures destroyed in the September 11 attacks)
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Zero energy building Zero heating building Construction Building construction Building Envelope Building performance Deep energy retrofit Weatherization...
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Business performance management (BPM) (also known as corporate performance management (CPM) enterprise performance management (EPM), organizational performance...
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benchmarks the sustainability performance of buildings, indoor environments and districts. Currently, the World Green Building Council is conducting research...
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Only Murders in the Building, often abbreviated as OMITB, is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman...
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NIST World Trade Center Disaster Investigation (section FEMA World Trade Center Building Performance Study)
Civil Engineers (ASCE), who together formed a Building Performance Study Team to understand how the building structures failed and why. The team produced...
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World Trade Center (1973–2001) (category Buildings and structures destroyed in the September 11 attacks)
World Trade Center Building Performance Study (2002), pp. 5.23 to 5. 24. "Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 – Draft for Public...
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An energy performance certificate (EPC) is a rating scheme to summarise the energy efficiency of buildings or devices. In the European Union, EPCs are...
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mitigation alongside other improvements like retrofitting buildings to increase building performance. Energy efficiency improvements may require changes in...
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purpose of building science is to provide predictive capability to optimize the building performance and sustainability of new and existing buildings, understand...
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2 World Trade Center (1971–2001) (category Buildings and structures destroyed in the September 11 attacks)
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other areas. For example, building the CPU out of better, faster transistors. However, sometimes pushing one type of performance to an extreme leads to a...
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attacks, including the 9/11 Commission Report, as well as FEMA's "WTC Building Performance Study" (2002). Their claims and theories lack support among the relevant...
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research, which collects precise energy performance data on traditional and experimental buildings and provides performance parameters for advanced computer...
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Commissioning (construction) (redirect from Building Commissioning)
other, interactive, supporting, or supplemental building systems that did not directly affect the performance of the HVAC systems. In 2005, the U.S. General...
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A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a...
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Green building certification systems are a set of rating systems and tools that are used to assess a building or a construction project's performance from...
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team-building exercises aim to expose and address interpersonal problems within the group. Over time, these activities are intended to improve performance...
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