ATLANTA - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has announced that designers will soon be better able to develop sustainable, high-performance buildings through the use of advanced energy design guides now being developed by the Society. The guides also will help in achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for sustainable building design.
The proposed documents providing guidelines for achieving 30 and 50 percent energy savings over ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, "Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings," are currently in development. Future plans include a guidance for attaining 75 percent savings.