scope:

This handbook applies to all buildings, real property, and integral equipment that is owned, leased, operated or under the constructive control of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

In any facility lease, with a term that exceeds five years, including renewals, the cost effectiveness of the provisions of FAA-HDBK-001 should be evaluated for inclusion in the leasing of an existing structure. In FAA space leasing actions that directly result in new lease construction, FAA-HDBK-001 will apply. Nothing should prohibit the implementation of FAA-HDBK-001 any time it is determined to be cost effective or in the best interest of the Government; and, the lease does not prohibit implementation of conservation modifications.

This handbook identifies requirements for energy management and conservation that should be incorporated into the designs of new facilities and modifications to existing facilities in the NAS. Specific technical requirements for these facilities will be defined in subsystem or project specifications and in facility development specifications for each subsystem or project. This handbook is primarily for use in the development of national standard designs; and, should also be used for site adaptations by FAA Washington D.C. and Regional Offices in the development of engineering requirements and task orders. This handbook should be used by FAA Washington in preparation of the physical specifications and by architects and engineers in the design and construction of new facilities and modifications to existing NAS facilities. This handbook should not be used to abridge any federal safety, health, or environmental code requirements. Whenever technically feasible and economically justifiable, the design criteria set forth in this document should be used to develop task orders and contracts for the design of NAS facilities. Specific subsections, or whole sections, of this document can be incorporated into task orders or contracts, and will thus become contractually binding. This handbook should not be referenced, however, since handbooks are not contractually binding documents. If this handbook is referenced, in whole or in part, contractors do not have to comply. Only when the design criteria from this handbook are placed in a contractual documents to they become contractually binding.