Performance-based building design

<p>Performance-Based Building Design is an approach to the <a href="/facts/Design/kR4GNeja">design</a> of any complexity of building, from single-detached homes up to and including high-rise apartments and office buildings. A building constructed in this way is required to meet certain measurable or predictable performance requirements, such as energy efficiency or seismic load, without a specific prescribed method by which to attain those requirements. This is in contrast to traditional prescribed <a href="/facts/Building_codes/CXCHd3IC">building codes</a>, which mandate specific <a href="/facts/Construction/58eqDhy9">construction</a> practises, such as stud size and distance between studs in <a href="/facts/Framing_(construction)/lcXEwDdP">wooden frame construction</a>. Such an approach provides the freedom to develop tools and methods to evaluate the entire life cycle of the building process, from the business dealings, to <a href="/facts/Procurement/y35C00fn">procurement</a>, through construction and the evaluation of results.
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Performance-based building design