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Abstract This work concerns energy performance and building classification in compliance with the Standards for Non Mandatory Labeling of Commercial, Services and Public Building Efficiency Level developed to comply with the Law 10295/2001, regarding minimum energy efficiency levels in Brazil. It presents a case study of an office building. It is part of the doctorate thesis in development in the Energy Planning Program at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a grant of the Electrical Energy Research Center, part of Eletrobrás. The main purpose is, under the technical, normative and economical perspective, to apply the Standards for Non Mandatory Labeling of Commercial, Services and Public Building Efficiency Level, which will be implemented in 2009. Two kinds of buildings -a design of an office building and an existent school building -will be used as case study. Specifically the objectives are the classification of the concerned buildings; the study of electrical systems improvement and building envelope proposals, generally and specifically in the case study, to reduce the electrical energy consumption; the emission of CO2 relative to energy consumption; the added cost due to the improvement proposals; and the evaluation of cost-benefit related to the measures that reduce the electrical energy consumption. The focus is on the methodology developed in the doctorate thesis enabling an approach for the discussion concerning the thesis theme and objectives aforementioned