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14 May 2010
Technology Strategy Board - Building Performance Evaluation Competition
The Technology Strategy Board will be funding individual companies and other organisations responsible for buildings for the total cost of evaluating the performance of case study buildings they design, build, own and/or operate. This will help builders and developers to deliver more efficient, better performing buildings.
Studies on domestic buildings will cover either the period immediately post construction and into early occupation (Phase 1 studies), or a period of two years in-use for building less than two years old (Phase 2 studies). Similarly, non-domestic building studies will be either for buildings under construction and nearing completion (Under Construction) or those in use and no more than three years old (In-Use). All studies will be required to use specified protocols, tools and techniques to capture data in a comparable form.
The Technology Strategy Board aim to assemble a substantial body of data for many building types to draw generic conclusions on the perofmrance obtained through various design strategies, building fabric, target performances, construction methods and occupancy patterns, handover and operational pratices. These will be shared across the industry with a view to providing reliable information to enable improvements in the performance of new and refurbished buildings through specification, design, dlivery and operation.
Funding will be allocated in tranches over two years, with the Initial Project proposal deadline for the first tranche being 10th June 2010.
A competition briefing is being held in London on the 19th May. To register for the event please click on the following link http://buildingperformanceevaluation.eventbrite.com/
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