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Building Energy Code
“The Conquest of Energy” / José Chávez Morado / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Since about 2003 the National Fire Protection Association has invested in a consensus product that competes with other ANSI accredited standards developing organizations to secure a footprint in the energy conservation space: NFPA 900 Building Energy Code. Use of the word “code” in its title is significant. It means that NFPA 900 has been written to be incorporated by reference into federal, state and local energy conservation legislation.
From the NFPA 900 prospectus:
These regulations shall control the minimum energy-efficient requirements for the following:
(1) The design, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, demolition, removal, inspection, issuance, and revocation of permits or licenses, installation of equipment related to energy conservation in all buildings and structures and parts thereof
(2) The rehabilitation and maintenance of construction related to energy efficiency in existing buildings
(3) The standards or requirements for materials to be used in connection therewith.
Sound familiar? At the very least, NFPA 900 fills out the 300+ consensus product offerings of the NFPA. A brief reading of NFPA 900 reveals that it references consensus products by the ICC, ASHRAE and other ANSI-accredited standards developers. The public input deadline passed in January 2020. The public input report will be posted no later than September 10th. A first reading, available to registered NFPA-access members, reveals little new content.
Public input on the 2025 revision is receivable until January 5, 2023.
We host a monthly teleconference that covers Energy-related consensus products. See our CALENDAR for the next online teleconference
University of California Merced Power Plant
Issue: [6-5] [12-79]
Category: Public Safety, Risk Management, #SmartCampus
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Richard Robben
LINK TO LEGACY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN NFPA WORKSPACE
Whole Building Design Guide
“The Ideal City” (c. 1480) / Fra Carnevale
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization bringing together representatives of government, the professions, industry, labor and consumer interests to focus on the identification and resolution of problems and potential problems that hamper the construction of safe, affordable structures for housing, commerce and industry throughout the United States. The National Institute of Building Sciences was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383.
As the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States — and one that is largely financed with public money — the education industry is a major stakeholder in NIBS leading practice discovery and promulgation. Best practice in education facility construction is informed by best practices in other federal agencies with significant construction spend
We track development and commenting opportunities on NIBS consensus products linked below:
United States National CAD Standard
It is remarkable how much standards action happens in the drearier (boilerplate) — General Conditions — part of a construction contract. Admittedly, you must have an interest in the fine points of the building construction disciplines.
As of today’s posting we do not find any NIBS titles released for public consultation in the Federal Register. We do, however, keep NIBS products on our periodic Ædificare c0lloquium; open to everyone. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [15-317]
Category: Architectural, Management & Finance
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Richard Robben
Representative School, College & University Construction Contract General Conditions
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The Hive
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