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Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Tutorial for New Low-Energy Residential Database

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Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Eric G. O'Rear, Priya D. Lavappa
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1919
Report Number
1919
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Building economics, economic analysis, life-cycle costing, life-cycle assessment, energy efficiency, low-energy buildings, residential buildings
Buildings and Construction

Citation

Kneifel, J. , O'Rear, E. and Lavappa, P. (2016), Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Tutorial for New Low-Energy Residential Database, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1919 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created May 23, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018
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