Part 1 – Basic concepts of Standard 90.1

• Introduction
• Structure and Scope
• Compliance Options
• Energy Cost Budget Method
• Performance-based Code
• ASHRAE 90.1 and LEED

• General Information and Scope
• Performance Rating
• Simulation Requirements
• Building Performance Calculations
• Major Considerations

• Basics of Building Energy Simulation
• When & Why to Use Energy Simulation
• A Guide to Energy Simulation Software
• Available Resources
• ASHRAE BEMP Certification
  

• Basics of eQuest
• eQuest Tutorial
• Open Discussions
  

• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), www.ashrae.org
• ASHRAE 90.1-2010 User's Manual: spreadsheet calculator, sample spreadsheet, and interactive compliance forms, www.ashrae.org/UM90.1-2010
• Building Energy Codes [US Department of Energy], www.energycodes.gov
  
• Commercial Compliance Using COMcheck, www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/
• COMcheck-Web, https://energycode.pnl.gov/COMcheckWeb/
• Residential Compliance Using REScheck, http://www.energycodes.gov/rescheck/
  
• ENVSTD for Windows Software [website]
  
• Building Energy Codes University, http://www.energycodes.gov/becu/
  
• Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide [New Building Institute], http://www.advancedbuildings.net/tools-guidance/core-performance
  
• Pulications, http://www.advancedbuildings.net/publications
  
• Building energy simulation software tools:
• DOE-2.2: eQUEST, www.doe2.com
• EnergyPlus, www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/
• TRACE 700, http://www.trane.com/commercial/dna/view.aspx?i=1136
• Carrier E20-II Hourly Analysis Program (HAP), http://www.commercial.carrier.com/commercial/hvac/general/0,,CLI1_DIV12_ETI495,00.html
• Building Energy Software Tools Directory [USDOE] http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/
• Building energy simulation techniques:
• Understanding the Energy Modeling Process: Simulation Literacy 101 http://www.buildinggreen.com/features/mr/sim_lit_101.cfm
• Energy Conservation Building Code Tip Sheet: Energy Simulation, http://www.emt-india.net/ECBC/EnergyEfficiencyinHospitals_4Mar2009/Tips/EnergySimulation.pdf
• E Source, Inc., 2000. Energy Design Resources Design Brief: Building Simulation, Southern California Edison, San Francisco, California, 16 pages. [available at http://www.energydesignresources.com/]
• Energy Analysis for LEED Certification, Trane Engineers Newsletter, volume 34–3, http://www.trane.com/Commercial/Uploads/Pdf/891/ADMAPN015EN_0505.pdf
• Engineering for Sustainability [by ASHRAE], www.engineeringforsustainability.org
• ASHRAE GreenTips, http://www.engineeringforsustainability.org/docs/greentips_2006.pdf
• Advanced Energy Design Guidance (Free Access), http://aedg.ashrae.org/
• High Performing Buildings Magazine, http://hpbmagazine.org/
• ASHRAE Standards:
• Standard 55-2010, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
• Standard 62.1-2010, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
• Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
• Standard 189.1-2009, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
• Standard 191P, Standard for the Conservation of Water Use in Building, Site and Mechanical Systems
• Green Building Assessment Methods
• LEED Green Building Rating System, www.leedbuilding.org
• HK-BEAM and BEAM Plus, www.hk-beam.org.hk
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), www.usgbc.org
• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG), www.wbdg.org

• Trane: ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010, http://www.trane.com/commercial/dna/view.aspx?i=2628
• Energy-Models.com Tutorials: EnergyModeling's Channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/EnergyModeling