Advancing Standard 90.1 Performance-Based Path to Achieving Net Zero Energy Buildings

Standard 90.1 has traditionally included two paths for compliance: the prescriptive path and performance path (also known as the Energy Cost Budget Method). The 2016 standard establishes a third path: a stable whole building performance method. This presentation provides an overview of this new fixed-baseline compliance path and explains its appropriate application and how this new path could encourage the innovative designs to eventually achieve net zero energy buildings. This presentation also summarizes the energy savings from Standard 90.1-2016.