Buildings & Plants
Getting Started for...
Home > Buildings & Plants > Tools & Resources Library > Commercial Building Design > Building Design Links
Building Design Links
Design Guidance
- Building Commissioning
(Building Commissioning Association) - Core Performance
(New Buildings Institute) - Energy Design Resources
(Southern California Edison) - EPA — Green Buildings
(US EPA) - Green Globes
(The Green Building Initiative) - Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design — LEED
(USGBC) - Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
(University of Minnesota) - NEEP Design Guides
(Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships) - Pennsylvania’s Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green Buildings
(State of PA) - Tools for Schools
(EPA — Indoor Environments Division) - What Can Commissioning Do For Your Building?
(Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.) - Whole Building Design Guide
(National Institute of Building Sciences) - Writing the Green RFP
(AIA COTE)
Federal
- ENERGY STAR Qualified Products
- ENERGY STAR Utility and Regional Energy Efficiency Program Sponsors
- ENERGY STAR Purchasing and Procurement
- High Performance Buildings - DOE EERE
Technology & Equipment
- Buildings Energy Efficiency
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - Guide to Energy-Efficient Commercial Equipment
(American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy)
Software Tools
- COMCheck
(Commercial buildings energy code compliance software) - Energy 10
(Calculates whole building performance, suitable for buildings with one or two zones) - eQUEST
(Edison International) - Green Building Studio
- Building Energy Software Tools Directory (DOE)
(Energy 10, DOE 2.0, EnergyPlus, etc.)
