Air & Health
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Implement a space-wide non-smoking policy
- Conduct occupancy surveys addressing thermal comfort, indoor air, acoustics, lighting &/or safety
- Developed a plan to address our thermal comfort, indoor air, acoustics, lighting &/or safety
- Have daylight accessible to at least 50% of our occupants
- Provide shading devices or tinted windows to control sunlight
- Use certified environmentally-friendly cleaning products
- Use only low-VOC interior paints
- Use only low-VOC interior sealants & coatings
- Maintain and clean our HVAC at least twice per calendar year
- Optimize our indoor air system with filters rated MERV 8 or greater
- Optimize our indoor air system with the use of economizers, air handling units, etc
- Implement a space-wide policy to minimize the use of toxic pesticides
- Use mats, rugs & grates at building entrances to manage particulates
- Implement a pest-management plan to reduce or eliminate sources of food, water & shelter
Energy
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Practice powering-down during unoccupied times (computers, lights)
- Have a policy to phase all incandescent lighting to CFL, LED or better
- Have a policy to phase all ballasted lighting fixtures to T8 or better
- Use automatic controls, timers or a building automation system for our primary HVAC
- Implement zoned temperature controls or another building management system
- Initiated a third-party energy audit
Materials
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Prioritize purchasing products made from recycled content, such as
- Prioritize purchasing corn-based dishware, as opposed to petroleum-based products
- Prioritize purchasing organic food items and/or food items harvested & processed within 250 miles, as well as
- Prioritize purchasing food items labeled USDA Organic
Water
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Use low-flow faucet and/or showerhead fixtures in 50+% of common areas
- Incorporate native plant species & perennials onsite, to reduce irrigation use
- Meter our landscape irrigation
Waste Reduction
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Implement a space-wide recycling policy, which includes a
- Have a single can commingled recycling system, intended to be separated offsite
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Paper & cardboard
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Glass
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Metal
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Batteries
- Implement methods to recycle and/or divert these specialized items: Fluorescent bulbs
- Implement methods to recycle and/or divert these specialized items: Hazardous materials
- Implement methods to recycle and/or divert these specialized items: CFCs
- Implement methods to recycle and/or divert these specialized items: Other
- Set all common area printers to default to double-sided or scrap paper printing
- Set all common area printers to default to draft quality and/or black/white or grayscale print
Bonus Points
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Provide wellness plans or wellness training for our staff &/or stakeholders
- Have outdoor green spaces and/or picnic areas
- Promote and/or incentivize carpooling & car-sharing
- Promote and/or incentivize use of mass transit
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Plastic
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Electrical equipment (computers, etc.)
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