BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
Building Energy Codes Resource Guide:
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
for Architects
Prepared by:
Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) andthe American Institute o Architects (AIA).
The U.S. Department o Energy’s (USDOE) Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) is aninormation resource on energy codes
and standards or buildings
. They work with othergovernment agencies, state and local jurisdictions, organizations
who develop model codesand standards
, and
building
industry to promote codes
that will provide or energy andenvironmental benefts
and help
oster adoption and implementation
o and
compliance
with those codes.
September 2011
Prepared or the U.S. Department o Energyunder Contract DE-AC05-76RLO 1830
PNNL-SA-82940