Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
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<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Practices</strong><br />
The Whole Building Design Guide<br />
United States<br />
How to weave together building accessibility,<br />
productivity, cost-effectiveness, functionality,<br />
aesthetics, historic preservation, security<br />
and sustainability? The WBDG is one of<br />
the key elements of the Federal sustainable<br />
buildings policy.<br />
In addition to information and resources covering project management,<br />
operations and maintenance, and a myriad of building-related<br />
policies, criteria, and mandates, the Whole Building<br />
Design Guide (WBDG) holistically and seamlessly weaves<br />
together the following design objectives: building accessibility,<br />
productivity, cost-effectiveness, functionality, aesthetics, historic<br />
preservation, security, and sustainability. The WBDG is<br />
so thorough in its treatment of these complex and interrelated<br />
issues that many Federal agencies, including all the Department<br />
of Defense (DOD) services, have closed down their own<br />
construction criteria websites in favor of contributing that content,<br />
as well as other tools and resources, to the WBDG.<br />
In particular, the Sustainable Design Objective (SDO)<br />
section of the WBDG has grown exponentially in recent years,<br />
drawing attention and accolades. Essentially, the SDO begins<br />
with an overview of the key principles of sustainable design.<br />
Within each principle category, a number of more detailed<br />
sections, called resource pages, educate users on specific<br />
topics, such as daylighting, environmentally preferable products,<br />
and natural ventilation. These resource pages are written<br />
by nationally-renowned experts in their field, in the public and<br />
private sectors, as well as in academia. Each resource page<br />
contains links, additional resources, and publications to explore<br />
the topic further and is updated on an ‘as needed’ basis.<br />
In response to the Federal Leadership in High Performance<br />
and Sustainable Building Memorandum of Understanding<br />
and EO 13423, the Interagency Sustainability Working<br />
Group (ISWG) is developing Technical Guidance for implementing<br />
these mandates.<br />
Link: http://www.wbdg.org<br />
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