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comment GGHC Announces Prescriptive Paths to Energy Points
The Green Guide for Healthcare (GGHC) has announced two new prescriptive paths for achieving energy optimization points in its self-certification program for healthcare facilities.
Buildings over 70,000 ft2 can achieve two points in the energy optimization credit using prescribed measures that include low lighting-power density, high-performance windows, occupancy sensors, central variable-air-volume air handlers, and high-efficiency boilers, among others. Buildings under 70,000 ft2 can achieve the same two points using the Core Performance Guide from the New Buildings Institute. Both paths lead to approximately 14% energy savings over the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 standard.
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LEED for Healthcare, the U.S. Green Building Council’s similar third-party rating system, also incorporates the measure in its draft version.
More information is available at www.gghc.org.
This article was produced by BuildingGreen, Inc.- www.buildinggreen.com
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