Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies is an international non-profit organization headquartered at the University of Pennsylvania.
"The mission of the center is to develop new knowledge, tools, processes, techniques, and continuing education for professionals involved in building energy and technology.
The goal is to create healthier, productive, energy efficient strategies that will lead to high performance buildings and sustain(able) environments.
[11] The Energy Innovation Hub is located at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, a 1,200 acre waterfront business development that includes 120 companies, 8,500 employees and 5,500,000 square feet (510,000 m2) of building space.
Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with and on behalf of the Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD).
The result is a ground up, and in large part, a performance-based sustainable building rating system customized to the unique conditions and requirements of the State of Qatar.
Chan Center has collaborated with the Facilities and Real Estate Division at the University of Pennsylvania on a Climate Action Plan.
[24][25] In 2011, the Center was selected to host the United Nations Environment Programme – Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative’s Fall Symposium in 2011.
The symposium content and outcomes fed into larger global climate discussions at the UNFCCC COP-17 and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development’s RIO+20.