{"id":6046,"date":"2020-10-05T19:06:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2020-10-05T20:16:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:16:48","slug":"holistic-oversight-part-2-set-your-buildings-eui-and-make-it-the-benchmark-for-project-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/holistic-oversight-part-2-set-your-buildings-eui-and-make-it-the-benchmark-for-project-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Holistic Oversight: Set your building\u2019s EUI and make it the benchmark for project success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second in a series of excerpts from the free executive guide<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>Concept to Consumption: Outcome-based Oversight of Building Performance<\/span>.<\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By Adam McMillen and Lincoln Pearce<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The path to successful outcome-based performance for a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>new building begins with setting a clear, quantifiable energy goal.\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>c<\/span>oncept<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to consumption<\/span><\/a>\u00a0oversight\u00a0<\/span>method\u00a0<\/span>can protect efficiently designed buildings from the many shortcomings that can lead to poor performance<\/span>\u00a0while achieving this goal\u00a0<\/span>by identifying and targeting the building\u2019s desired energy use intensity, or EUI.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EUI is a building\u2019s demonstrated annual energy use per unit of area, typically measured in\u00a0<\/span>kBtu<\/span>\/square foot\/year. (Think of it as a \u201cmiles per gallon\u201d for your building.) It usually refers to site energy use and is used to compare performance of buildings of various sizes, types, and locations. An owner can set an EUI for a new building using early conceptual energy modeling and a variety of benchmarks, e.g., the performance of similar buildings, the performance of the owner\u2019s other buildings, Energy Star buildings, etc. The\u00a0<\/span>EUI may then be included<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the project\u2019s RFP and contracts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Making performance a single, measurable number removes ambiguity, and instead of basing decisions on first cost alone (at the possible expense of quality, performance, and life-cycle cost savings)<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the team is guided by both first cost and impact on EUI. At the end of the project<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the building\u2019s actual EUI is assessed post-construction. If the target wasn\u2019t achieved, the design and construction team\u00a0<\/span>works<\/span>\u00a0to understand why and correct it before contracts are completed and warranties have expired.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Next:\u00a0<\/span>Holistic oversight part 3: Design documentation critical to achieving energy use intensity goal<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous<\/span><\/i>ly posted<\/span><\/i>:<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Holistic oversight part 1:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Protect your new building\u2019s energy performance through holistic project oversight<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Download the entire executive guide, \u201c<\/span><\/i>Concept to Consumption: Outcome-based Oversight of Building Performance.<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second in a series of excerpts from the free executive guide\u00a0\u201cConcept to Consumption: Outcome-based Oversight of Building Performance.\u201d\u00a0 By Adam McMillen and Lincoln Pearce\u00a0 The path to successful outcome-based performance for a\u00a0new building begins with setting a clear, quantifiable energy goal.\u00a0The\u00a0concept\u00a0to consumption\u00a0oversight\u00a0method\u00a0can protect efficiently designed buildings from the many shortcomings that can lead to poor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[226,225],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHolistic Oversight: Set your building\u2019s EUI and make it the benchmark for project success - IMEG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Setting your building energy use intensity and making it the benchmark for project success will help ensure the building performance you desire.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/insights\/blog\/holistic-oversight-part-2-set-your-buildings-eui-and-make-it-the-benchmark-for-project-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holistic Oversight: Set your building\u2019s EUI and make it the benchmark for project success - 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