<p>In the late 1990s, several of the sponsor agencies of the Federal Facilities Council began developing and implementing initiatives and policies related to sustainable development. Guidance related to life-cycle costing and value engineering was recognized as being supportive of sustainable development, in particular when used in the conceptual planning and design phases of acquisition, where decisions are made that substantially effect the ultimate performance of a building over its life cycle. However, specific concerns were raised that when federal agencies apply value engineering in the final stages of design or during construction in response to cost overruns, design features that support sustainable development may be eliminated. The primary objective of this study, therefore, was to develop a framework to show how federal agencies can use value engineering and life-cycle costing to support sustainable development for federal facilities and meet the objectives of Executive Order 13123.</p> Table of Contents<br><ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Executive Summary</li>
<li>1. Introduction</li>
<li>2. Facility Life Cycles and the Acquisition Process</li>
<li>3. Framework for Acquiring Sustainable Facilities</li>
<li>4. Issues</li>
<li>5. Online Resources</li>
<li>Appendix A: Executive Order 13123</li>
<li>Appendix B: Executive Order 13101</li>
<li>Appendix C: Executive Order 13148</li>
<li>Appendix D: OMB Circular A-131</li>
<li>Appendix E: Public Law 104-106, Section 4306 - Value Engineering for Federal Agencies</li>
<li>Appendix F: Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 48 and 52 Re: Value Engineering</li>
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Sustainable Federal Facilities: A Guide to Integrating Value Engineering, Life-Cycle Costing and Sustainable Development

Science & Math

Federal Facilities Council

Council, Federal Facilities

Technology

National Academies Press

In 1986, the FFC requested that the NRC appoint a committee to examine the field and propose ways by which the POE process could be improved to better serve public and private sector organizations. The resulting report, Post-Occupancy Evaluation Practices in the Building Process: Opportunities for Improvement, proposed a broader view of POEs-from being simply the end phase of a building project to being an integral part of the entire building process. The authoring committee recommended a series of actions related to policy, procedures, and innovative technologies and techniques to achieve that broader view. In 2000, the FFC funded a second study to look at the state of the practice of POEs and lessons-learned programs among federal agencies and in private, public, and academic organizations both here and abroad. The sponsor agencies specifically wanted to determine whether and how information gathered during POE processes could be used to help inform decisions made in the programming, budgeting, design, construction, and operation phases of facility acquisition in a useful and timely way. To complete this study, the FFC commissioned a set of papers by recognized experts in this field, conducted a survey of selected federal agencies with POE programs, and held a forum at the National Academy of Sciences on March 13, 2001, to address these issues. This report is the result of those efforts. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Overview: A Summary of Findings2 The Evolution of Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Toward Building Performance and Universal Design Evaluation3 Post-Occupancy Evaluation: A Multifaceted Tool for Building Improvement4 Post-Occupancy Evaluation Processes in Six Federal Agencies5 Post-Occupancy Evaluations and Organizational Learning6 The Role of Technology for Building Performance AssessmentsAppendix A Functionality and Serviceability Standards: Tools for Stating Functional Requirements and for Evaluating FacilitiesAppendix B A Balanced Scorecard Approach to Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Using the Tools of Business to Evaluate FacilitiesAppendix C Supplemental Information to Chapter 3Appendix D Supplemental Information to Chapter 4Appendix E Supplemental Information to Chapter 6Appendix F Chapter 5 from Post-Occupancy Evaluation Practices in the Building Process: Opportunities for Improvement, National Academy Press, 1987Bibliography

Learning from our Buildings: A State of the Practice Summary of Post-Occupancy Evaluation

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Management & Leadership

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