Engineers Newsletter PREVIEW: Building Performance Standards for Existing Buildings

Decarbonization: New options for existing buildings

One of our industry’s greatest challenges is to help reduce the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment. While building codes have focused mainly on new construction and major renovations, existing buildings present a huge opportunity for savings.

What you’ll learn in this issue

In this Engineers Newsletter (EN), Trane applications engineer Scott Delo helps readers understand and apply the requirements of ASHRAE® Standard 100-2024, Energy and Emissions Building Performance Standard for Existing Buildings. This standard establishes energy and carbon performance targets for existing buildings, creates requirements for operations and maintenance, and establishes common enforceable language for jurisdictions to adopt.

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More about Trane Engineers Newsletters

Engineers Newsletters are topical, informative articles that provide engineering professionals who design HVAC systems with reliable, objective, and technologically current information in a non-commercial format. They've been published by Trane’s Applications Engineering team since 1972 and have long been a trusted technical resource throughout the industry. Subjects range from HVAC system configurations to acoustics to interpretation of ASHRAE standards.

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