Briefing Note - High Performance Buildings Costing Studies

Key findings include: • While there are differences in the building envelope and mechanical systems between a building • The City of Boston in the USA released their constructed to code and a high-performance building, Guidebook for Zero Emission Buildings in 2020 which it doesn’t always lead to higher costs for high assessed the incremental cost of zero emission performance buildings. [...] Most of these studies are conservative in baseline and ZCB energy costs (consumption and their estimate of benefits because they have not price), and the cost of carbon on the lifecycle cost. [...] initial capital costs, baseline and energy costs (consumption and price), and the cost of carbon. [...] This is illustrated by the heightened savings and the potential for reduced construction sensitivity to capital costs in the low-rise MURB, as costs through innovation in design, construction compared to in the mid-rise office. [...] methods, and materials further enhance the affordability and appeal of high performance • Likewise, when the baseline building’s energy cost buildings.