Dive summary:

• The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has issued a guide book that it says is the "how-to guide for continuously evaluating and improving the performance of commercial building."
• The organization's official title is "Performance Measurement Procedures for Commercial Buildings: Best Practices Guide," and ASHRAE says it offers ways that engineers and building managers can track how a facility performs in energy and water use and indoor air quality so they can continuously improve those standards.
• ASHRAE says its guide covers three levels of performance that reflect the level and intensity of effort that managers want to employ for their facilities.

From the article:

"This is the book that facility managers, building operators, technicians, consultants, authorities, architects and design engineers need to ensure that their buildings are green, energy efficient, highly productive, healthy and attractive to others," Jim Bochat, chair of the project committee that wrote the book, said. ...