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• Rating the capabilities of buildings and facilities to meet users’ requirements and needs,
while selecting properties to rent or buy—comparing competing buildings
• Matching of occupant requirements (demand) and buildings’ capabilities to meet those
requirements (supply)
• Evaluating opportunities for improving the performance and attractiveness of a building,
identifying the benets and drawbacks of an analyzed building
• Reviewing architectural designs
Methods based on a systematic set of building performance categories provide clear and explicit
performance criteria against which the quality of buildings can be measured easily and regularly;
therefore, they can be used for benchmarking and worldwi