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The Whole Building Design Guide or WBDG, as of January 2011, is the most used online resource for building information in the world, with over 500,000 distinct users per month and over 3 million document downloads. The online portal covers a wide range of topics, from performance and sustainability to security and resilience. WBDG is based on the premise that to create a successful high-performance building, one must apply an integrated design and team approach in all phases of a project including planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance. The WBDG is managed by the National Institute of Building Sciences.

History

The WBDG was initially designed to serve U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) construction programs. A 2003 DOD memorandum named WBDG the “sole portal to design and construction criteria produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and U.S. Air Force.” Since then, WBDG has expanded to give all building industry professionals free, wide access to federal and other design, construction and performance criteria. The WBDG is public and freely available to anyone. The majority of users are from the private sector. [1] Content The Whole Building Design Guide draws information from the Construction Criteria Base and a privately-owned database run by Information Handling Services.[1]

A significant amount of the Whole Building Design Guide content is organized by three categories: Design Guidance, Project Management, and Operations and Maintenance. It is structured to provide WBDG visitors first a broad understanding then increasingly specific information more targeted towards building industry professionals. WBDG is the resource that federal agencies look to for policy and technical guidance on Federal High Performance and Sustainable Buildings[2] In addition, the WBDG contains online tools[3], the original Construction Criteria Base[4], Building Information Modeling guides and libraries, a database of select case studies, federal mandates and other resources. The WBDG also provides online continuing education courses for architects and other building professionals, free of charge. [5]

Development

Development of the WBDG is a collaborative effort among federal agencies, private sector companies, non-profit organizations and educational institutions. Its success depends on industry and government experts contributing their knowledge and experience to better serve the building community. The WBDG web site is offered as an assistant to the building community by the National Institute of Building Sciences through funding support from the U.S. Department of Defense, the NAVFAC Engineering Innovation and Criteria Office, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the assistance of the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC). A Board of Direction and an Advisory Committee consisting of representatives from over 25 participating federal agencies guide the development of the WBDG. [6]

Whole Building Design Guide

National Institute of Building Sciences

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.nibs.org/client/assets/files/nibs/FactSheets/NIBS_Factsheet_IRT_WBDG.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.wbdg.org/references/fhpsb.php
  3. ^ http://www.wbdg.org/tools/tools.php
  4. ^ http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ccb.php
  5. ^ http://www.wbdg.org/education/cont_education.php
  6. ^ http://www.wbdg.org/about.php
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