You’ve Decided to Go Green.Now What?

Sustainable Operations

Time

Money

People

Three things you don’t have

Break it Down and Embrace the Fundamentals

Fundamental Tenants of Sustainable Operations

Energy

Water

Gap Analysis: Benchmark Energy Performance

Energy Star Portfolio ManagerBenchmarks your building against other buildings across the US

based on the EPA’s Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey(CBECS)

The performance rating is normalized based on building type, locationsize, number of occupants, and other inputs.

http://www.energystar.gov

Gap Analysis: Water Fixture Inventory

Conduct a water fixture inventoryCompare fixture flow and flush rates to UPC/IPC standards Can use LEED submittal template to assess performance

FixtureUPC and IPC

StandardsU.S. EPA

WaterSenseWater closets (gpf) 1.60 1.28Urinals (gpf) 1.00 0.5Showerheads (gpm) 2.50 1.5-2.0Public lavatory faucets and aerators (gpm)

0.5

Private lavatory faucets and aerators (gpm)

2.2 1.5

Kitchen and janitor sink faucets 2.20

Fundamental Tenants of Sustainable Operations

Waste

Purchases

To find out what is leaving your building, conduct a waste audit

Gap AnalysisWaste Audit & Sustainable Purchasing

What are the opportunities for purchasing?

California Integrated Waste Management Board Study

What’s possible?

Annually, nearly 34 percent (639 pounds per thousand square feet) of all materials disposed couldbe diverted through expanded paper recycling programs.

Fundamental Tenants of Sustainable Operations

Green Cleaning

Ventilation

Test actual outside air introductionCompare to ASHRAE 62.1 standardCoordinate with commissioning services

Gap Analysis:Ventilation Testing

Gap Analysis:Green Cleaning

Northland Executive Office CenterService contractor adopted green

cleaning SOPs to match LEED criteriaVery willing to adopt green cleaning

practicesNo additional cost for green

cleaning services

Goal Setting

Operational cost savingsA better workplace environmentTrying to meet a larger corporate initiativeThe right thing to doBuilding to tell a green story

What do we want out of our green initiative?

Maximized operational efficiencyMinimized environmental impactsRecognized, performance-based benchmarkConsistent metrics for building improvements and maintenance

LEED-EBOM

Setting the standards for

LEED-EBOM

Continuous Improvement

Actual PerformanceBenchmarked Against

Average Buildings

Embrace the LEED Fundamentals

You need to

so take care of your prerequisites first

LEED =

LEED EBOM =

EAc1 - Reap the benefits and rake in major LEED pointsEAc2.3 – Ensure continuing performanceEAc2.2 - Implement low – no cost savingsEAc2.1 - Tease out operational and capital improvementsEAp2 - Benchmark our performanceEAp1 - Gather basic building documentation

MRc7-9 – Implement the waste management plan and get points for performance

MRp2 – Develop the waste management policy and plan

MRc6 – Conduct a waste audit to determine what’s in your waste stream

YRG sustainabilityGreen Building / LEED CoordinationCorporate SustainabilityGreen Operations and LivingGreenhouse Gas ManagementSustainability Education

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