4. CONCEPT OF TOTAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE
Total Building Performance and Diagnostics (TBPD) is an integrated and holistic framework for conceptualizing, specifying, designing, analyzing and commissioning a building project and may even be extended to post-occupancy management and maintenance.
TBP is not just about the application of “hi-tech” building systems and/or materials. TBP seeks to rationally and systematically exploit the synergy of the various relevant technologies and management know-how to bring about desirable building performance at a reasonable and affordable price tag.
The TBPD concept embraces six principal performance mandates, namely, spatial, acoustical, thermal, visual, indoor air quality, and building integrity. Each mandate comprises a set of performance targets and pertinent diagnostic tools. The targets are occupant-oriented deliverables that pertain to the environmental or physical attributes of the building which impact the physiological, psychological, social and economic well-being of the occupants. The diagnostic tools are methodologies developed for the appraisal of the building design in terms of the various performance indices.
INTER-RELATIONSHIPS OF MANDATES