<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document establishes the general principles of building environment design to achieve a quality building environment for the occupants and sustainability. This document promotes an approach in which the various parties involved in building environment design collaborate with one another to provide a high-quality building environment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The design process aims to achieve the following:</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">to address issues concerning sustainability over the building life cycle, including owning and operating costs at all stages of the design process;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">to assess the proposed design with rational criteria for the thermal, acoustic and visual environment, the indoor air quality, energy efficiency and performance of technical building systems at each design stage;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">to use an iterative design process in which each design stage is subject to design review and decisions before proceeding with the next design phase.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The building environment design involves not only the architectural design associated with the environmental quality, but also building system design including effective control methods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document is applicable to building environment design for new construction and retrofitting existing buildings.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document establishes the general principles of building environment design to achieve a quality building environment for the occupants and sustainability. This document promotes an approach in which the various parties involved in building environment design collaborate with one another to provide a high-quality building environment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The design process aims to achieve the following:</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">to address issues concerning sustainability over the building life cycle, including owning and operating costs at all stages of the design process;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">to assess the proposed design with rational criteria for the thermal, acoustic and visual environment, the indoor air quality, energy efficiency and performance of technical building systems at each design stage;</span></p>
<p class="ListContinue1" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">—<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">to use an iterative design process in which each design stage is subject to design review and decisions before proceeding with the next design phase.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The building environment design involves not only the architectural design associated with the environmental quality, but also building system design including effective control methods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document is applicable to building environment design for new construction and retrofitting existing buildings.</span></p>
