Abstract
This fact sheet summarizes recommendations for designing elementary, middle, and high school buildings that will result in 50% less energy use than conventional new schools built to minimum code requirements. The recommendations are drawn from the Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings, an ASHRAE publication that provides comprehensive recommendations for designing low-energy-useschool buildings (see sidebar). Designed as a stand-alone document, this fact sheet provides key principles and a set of prescriptive design recommendations appropriate for smaller schools with insufficient budgets to fully implement best practices for integrated design and optimized performance. The recommendations have undergone a thorough analysis and review process through ASHRAE, and havebeen deemed the best combination of measures to achieve 50% savings in the greatest number of schools.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 6 |
State | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
For more information, contact Bob Hendron at [email protected].NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BR-5500-61617
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102014-4401
Keywords
- advanced energy design guides
- ASHRAE
- EE
- EE
- energy efficiency
- schools