ID 24012 Chapter Notes - Chapter Intro, Appendix A and B: National Institute Of Standards And Technology, Fossil Fuel, Energy Star
16 Oct 2017
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Intro: design is a process, the process is built on knowledge, confidence, and experience. Week 2: accessibility: ada, united states access board. Preface: codes and standards keep changing to make the built environment as safe as possible. Each one passes a law specifying which codes and standards are required and how they will be regulated: performance code: more generally described and gives an objective but not specific instructions on how to achieve it. Focus is on the desired outcome: prescriptive code: code that provides a specific requirement that must be met for the design, construction, and maintenance of a building. Focus on a specific solution: sustainable design: includes 3 main tenets: environmental responsibility, economic strength, and social responsibility. Designed to lessen their impact on the environment, stimulate, and provide improvements to those who use and surround the building. Post-occupancy evaluation: available codes and standards, icc: international code council = international codes/i-codes, nfpa: national fire protection association = c3-codes.
