High-Performance Sustainable Buildings Technical Guidance
The High-Performance Sustainable Buildings (HPSB) Working Group develops and compiles technical guidance and resources pertaining to federal and Department of Energy (DOE) mandates to assist with DOE leadership and compliance.
Current technical guidance includes:
High Performance Sustainable Buildings Assessment and Compliance Tool
DOE has created an Excel-based High Performance Sustainable Buildings Assessment and Compliance Tool to implement and document compliance with the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Existing Buildings.
- Download the HPSB tool for Existing Buildings. (Excel 1 MB)
- Download the HPSB tool for New Construction. (Excel 639 KB)
The tool also contains frequently asked questions and provides a list of DOE contacts that passed the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professional (AP) exam. Contact the HPSB Working Group if you are a LEED AP and not listed.
Facilities Information Management System (FIMS)
FIMS is a corporate inventory system for tracking (PDF 1.5 MB) real property owned or leased (See RSL-2007-12) by the DOE. Download Adobe Reader. As mandated by the Secretary's memorandum on DOE Leadership in HPSB, progress for meeting E.O. 13423 requirements must be tracked in FIMS to ensure that 15% of existing DOE owned and leased buildings are in compliance with the Guiding Principles by 2015.
Results of site sustainability assessments for compliance with the Guiding Principles must be reported in FIMS at the building level and aggregated to the site and program levels.
Whole Building Design Guide
The Whole Building Design Guide Web site provides technical guidance for implementing the Guiding Principles. The site includes clarification of requirements, related mandates, additional recommendations and considerations, and resources for implementation. This includes model contract and specification language per the Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers.
Additional technical guidance for HPSB is available in the Sustainable Design and Operations section of the FEMP Web site.
