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This document is supplemental material for a training webinar for best practices to promote indoor air quality and reduce energy in schools. The document contains key takeaways for each section of the webinar as well as important definitions and terminology to be used as a standalone reference.
This report provides thorough guidance when preparing for an energy and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) assessment. It includes step-by-step instructions, detailed insights, and practical examples for the various phases of an energy and IEQ assessment. IEQ encompasses indoor building conditions—such as air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics, and lighting— and is a growing field of interest among a diverse range of stakeholders (e.g., building owners and managers) due to the effects it has on occupant health and productivity. IEQ improvement strategies often provide overlapping opportunities for increasing building energy efficiency, creating a win-win situation for building operations.
C-PACE Market Assessment Tool This tool was developed for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Working Group to support state and local governments creating, joining, and implementing C-PACE programs. This tool allows users to input a jurisdiction (city, county, or state) and automate a report with building characteristics, energy use, and energy efficiency savings opportunities for commercial buildings in that jurisdiction. The report generated by the tool identifies jurisdiction-specific energy end uses, building use types, and building technologies that a local C-PACE program should consider focusing on to more effectively allocate limited resources and maximize energy savings and investment.
This report explores existing research on the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), looking specifically at industry claims regarding the benefits of LEDs for human health and comfort.
This report presents a review of literature and current best practices along the intersection of energy efficiency and occupant health at U.S. healthcare facilities, including federally owned buildings. It also includes a review of minimum code requirements for healthcare indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and research on building measures that optimize occupant health and energy efficiency.