Baker's model already is being replicated at the expansion of the original test case—the Research Support Facility at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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贝克的模型已经在原始测试案例的扩展中得到了复制，即国家可再生能源实验室的研究支持机构。

美国能源部的杰弗里·M·贝克（Jeffrey M. Baker）是变革的推动者。多亏了他的愿景和领导才能，美国各地的建筑团队都可以利用第一个经过现场测试的，可复制的基于性能的设计构建模型，用于负担得起的超级能力高效的建筑物。

“We think we have defined a new standard for performance in office buildings, schools, hospitals and labs,” says Baker, an environmental engineer who is director of laboratory operations in the field office of DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in Golden, Colo.

Proof of process is the 220,000-sq-ft Research Support Facility (RSF) at the国家可再生能源实验室（NREL），该计划于六月开放。该设施充满了节能系统，并在下个月被完全占用后旨在达到零净能量使用（NZEU）。当然，这是世界上最大的NZEU大楼。

贝克说：“基于绩效的设计构建过程使我们能够利用私营部门的创造力”，并将其与DOE专业知识结合在一起，以证明可以通过标准材料和技术来实现超高的能力高效建筑物。。他补充说，RSF的价格为每平方英尺260美元，与传统建筑物的成本相当。

“这座建筑是一个展示柜，” Eere前工商管理前助理秘书John Sullivan说。Sullivan目前是弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市Decker，Garman＆Sullivan LLC的能源顾问，是贝克的前老板。

Baker started on his quest to create the $57.4-million RSF in 1995. “If not for Jeff’s vision and perseverance, that building would not be sitting there now,” says Sullivan. “He overcame many obstacles that would have caused most people to throw in the towel.”

Philip Macey, division manager for high-performance buildings for the RSL’s design-build contractor, Haselden Construction, Centennial, Colo., calls Baker’s accomplishment “practically impossible” because the project at once changed how the government buys buildings and how much energy is consumed.

The project is creating a stir and the how-to manual isn’t even out yet. Well over 800 visitors have toured the building. Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Dept. of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard have attended workshops.

贝克和他的团队已经在其他四个NREL项目上应用了依赖团队协作的RSF模型。新利18备用网址他说：“我们的精力未来要求我们利用我们可以的所有节省。”