- Author
- Fenves, S. J. | Rankin, K. | Tejuja, H. K.
- Title
- Structure of Building Specifications.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
- Report
- NBS BSS 090, September 1976,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- building codes; solar space heating; solar air conditioning; performance standards; plumbing; hot water heating; heat transfer; control equipment; systems engineering; equipment specifications; materials specifications; buildings
- Identifiers
- uniform plumbing code
- Abstract
- This report provides a scientific basis for the formulation and expression of performance standards and specifications and for explicit attention to performance in procedural and prescriptive standards and specifications. The provisions of the NBS-developed Interim Performance Criteria for Solar Heating and Combined Heating/Cooling Systems and Dwellings, a performance specification, are classified in terms of the physical entities addressed, the attributes of the built environment, and the properties which group together particular physical entities which may be subject to similar dysfunctions. Guidelines for the expression of provisions in performance codes and specifications are presented.