This guide focuses on warehouses up to 50,000 sq. ft. and self storage buildings that use unitary heating and air conditioning equipment. Buildings of this type with these HVAC system configurations represent a significant amount of commercial warehouse space in the United States.

The recommendations in this guide will allow contractors, consulting engineers, architects and designers to easily achieve advanced levels of energy savings without having to resort to detailed calculations or analyses. All of the energy-saving recommendations for each of the eight US climate zones are contained on a single page, thus facilitating the guide's use. Additional recommendations identify other opportunities to incorporate greater savings into the design of the building.