• required by building codes or other regulations. Architects, designers, and builders typically design and build high-performance buildings using a range...
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    3700, the draft official standard, low-energy buildings are defined. About the buildings' energy performance, two alternatives for rating their primary energy...
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    High-performance computing (HPC) uses supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced computation problems. HPC integrates systems administration...
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    supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured...
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    evaluations of high performance building should account for the economic, social, and environmental benefits that accompany green buildings. Energy efficiency/clean...
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  • energy performance requirements for new buildings, for buildings subject to major renovation, as well as for the replacement or retrofit of building elements...
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    being in harmony with nature. Buildings that live in harmony; green building technology focuses on low consumption, high efficiency, economy, environmental...
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  • High Performance Fortran (HPF) is an extension of Fortran 90 with constructs that support parallel computing, published by the High Performance Fortran...
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  • High-performance teams (HPTs) is a concept within organization development referring to teams, organizations, or virtual groups that are highly focused...
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  • The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is the first green building rating program designed for K-12 schools in the United States' It provides...
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    billion for measures necessary to convert GSA facilities to High-Performance Green Buildings, as defined in the Energy Independence and Security Act of...
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  • Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (previously known as Ilmor Engineering and Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines) is a Formula One engine manufacturer...
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    relevant to the design, construction, operation and control of buildings. Building performance simulation has various sub-domains; most prominent are thermal...
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    Heat pump (category Building engineering)
    "Domestic High Temperature Air Source Heat Pump: Performance Analysis Using TRNSYS Simulations". International High Performance Buildings Conference...
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  • many causes. The performance gap is mainly due to uncertainties. Uncertainties are found in any “real-world” system, and buildings are no exception....
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  • apartments and office buildings. A building constructed in this way is required to meet certain measurable or predictable performance requirements, such...
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    Daylighting and Thermal Performance of Open-Plan Office Buildings" (Conference Paper). International High Performance Buildings Conference. Purdue University...
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  • comes to high computer performance, one or more of the following factors might be involved: Short response time for a given piece of work. High throughput...
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    hulls. Straw bales have also been used in very energy efficient high-performance buildings such as the S-House in Austria which meets the Passivhaus energy...
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    Curtain wall (architecture) (category Building engineering)
    high-performance buildings. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-73121-9. OCLC 52540181. Lee, Ivan Yun Tong (29 September 2010). High Performance Window...
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  • necessary to convert General Services Administration facilities to High-Performance Green Buildings, as defined in the Energy Independence and Security Act of...
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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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    "ASHRAE: Atlanta, Georgia:High Performance Buildings Case Study" (PDF). "Energy Information Administration (EIA)- Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey...
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  • Solar chimney (category Building engineering)
    of Zion National Park. The Visitor Center was designed by the High Performance Buildings Research of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The...
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    energy subsidies that promote high energy consumption and inefficient energy use. Improved energy efficiency in buildings, industrial processes and transportation...
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    Air source heat pump (category Building engineering)
    "Domestic High Temperature Air Source Heat Pump: Performance Analysis Using TRNSYS Simulations". International High Performance Buildings Conference...
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  • manage their performance; the main drivers of sustainability; the process and importance of existing buildings becoming high-performance buildings; the UN...
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    Window (redirect from Window (building))
    Systems for High-Performance Buildings. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. "Saving Windows, Saving Money: Evaluating the Energy Performance of Window...
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    Judkoff, R. (2006). Lessons Learned from Case Studies of Six High-Performance Buildings – Technical Report NREL/TP-550-37542 (PDF). [1] Archived May 18...
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  • Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) is an American hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator. In addition to building the Venom F5...
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