Commercial projects can take years to plan and construct so careful planning can be essential for a successful project outcome. Properly facilitated design charrettes can add new insight and additional value to commercial projects by involving selected professionals to the meetings.
There is a free project platform for residential and commercial projects available from ARCAT* and here is the link to check it out: https://www.arcat.com/
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Meanwhile, sometimes a quick read of a suitable reference is all that's needed to help get things started...
One free resource is the Handbook for Planning and Conducting Charrettes for High-Performance Projects produced by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). (PDF download)
If you are looking for additional resources then here are a few more to consider:
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- Commercial International Building Codes from the ICC from 2017 to Present: https://shop.iccsafe.org/international-codes.html
National Green Building Programs
- US Green Building Institute (USGBC) Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED®) Commercial Programs - Overview
- BD&C - Building Design & Construction
- ID&C - Interior Design & Construction
- O&M - Operations & Maintenance
- ND - Neighborhood Development (Neighborhood Development falls into both Commercial & Residential USGBC LEED Programs)
- Green Globes
- Other Programs:
State Energy Codes: https://www.energycodes.gov/status-state-energy-code-adoption