Description

This edition of Guide F covers both the energy requirements committed by the design and the energy costs in use, as design and management cannot be separated. It has become larger as some new sections have been added, such as the checklist Why buildings fail on energy, and there are useful practical enhancements including a Design checklist, How to carry out an energy survey and Part C: Benchmarks. CIBSE Applications Manual AM 5: Energy audits and surveys has been incorporated within this volume for completeness.

The Guide seeks to inform a very diverse audience and aims to be pertinent to many groups involved in buildings besides building services engineers, including building developers/financiers, specifiers, architects, surveyors, letting agents, energy managers and consultants and building owners/operators.

Guide F deals with the building as a whole. The technical content is guidance from an energy perspective and extra information is available elsewhere in the CIBSE Guides and other sources listed in the bibliographies at the end of each section. The Guide also complements energy efficiency publications provided under the Carbon Trust’s Action Energy programme (formerly the Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme).

The CIBSE has had a long and productive relationship with the Best Practice Programme and this relationship continues under the Action Energy banner. The importance and relevance of Guide F has been given added emphasis because of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which came into force on 4 January 2003. This Directive gives public profile to the energy efficiency performance of buildings across the UK. It raises awareness of how energy efficient different buildings really are. Prospective owners and occupiers will, for the first time, be able to compare one building with another and see what could be done to bring energy efficiency performance up to the standards of the best. The Directive should help stimulate substantial increases in investments in energy efficiency measures in all buildings both commercial and domestic.

The environmental prize for the application of the good design and management principles set out in this Guide is huge. It is estimated that around 22% of the present energy consumed in buildings can be saved by 2010. This challenge is reflected in the CIBSE Energy Policy Statement included in Appendix A1.

Contents

Principles of energy efficiency

1. Introduction

   Part A: Designing the building
   Energy design checklist

2. The design process
3. Developing a design strategy
4. Sketch design
5. Renewables, fuels, CHP and metering
6. Control strategies
7. Ventilation and air conditioning design
8. Refrigeration design
9. Lighting design
10. Heating and hot water design
11. Motors and building transportation systems
12. Electrical power systems and office equipment
13. Checking the design
14. Commissioning, handover and feedback

    Part B: Operating and upgrading the building
    Why buildings fail on energy

15. Managing the building
16. Acquisition and refurbishment
17. Maintenance and energy efficiency
18. Energy audits and surveys
19. Benchmarking, monitoring and targeting

    Part C: Benchmarks

20. Energy benchmarks

• Appendix A1: CIBSE policy statements
• Appendix A2: Conversion factors and properties of fuels
• Appendix A3: Consultants and model briefs
• Appendix A4: Useful websites