Air & Health
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Implement a space-wide non-smoking policy
- Implement a building perimeter non-smoking policy which exceeds 20 ft.
- 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
- Have daylight accessible to at least 75+% of our occupants
- Provide shading devices or tinted windows to control sunlight
- Provide specialized shading devices, such as light shelves
- Use certified environmentally-friendly cleaning products
- Use only low-VOC interior paints
- Use only no-VOC interior paints
- Use only low-VOC interior sealants & coatings
- Use only no-VOC interior sealants & coatings
- Maintain and clean our HVAC at least twice per calendar year
- Change or clean our HVAC filters at least quarterly
- 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
- Measure internal humidity in at least 50% of our space
- Seal our supply & return air duct openings during construction activity
- 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)
- Completed the Energy Star® Portfolio Manager
- Make it a priority to purchase all Energy Star® Certified appliances & equipment
- Have a policy to phase all incandescent lighting to CFL, LED or better
- Ensure all our applicable interior lighting is CFL, LED or better
- Have a policy to phase all ballasted lighting fixtures to T8 or better
- Ensure all ballasted lighting fixtures are T8 or better
- Ensure all ballasted lighting fixtures are energy efficient, uplit ambient lighting
- Have common area lighting on automatic timers & occupancy sensors
- Ensure all common area lighting is on automatic timers & occupancy sensors
- Ensure all applicable lighting is on automatic timers & occupancy sensors
- Implement daytime cleaning
- Separately meter electric where applicable (tenants, server rooms, HVAC)
- Separately meter electric for all tenants
- Monitor our electric with "Smart Grid" technology
- Use programmable thermostats and/or "range" controls (e.g., two degrees up & down)
- Use comprehensive "smart-temp" controls that include humidity monitoring
- Use automatic controls, timers or a building automation system for our primary HVAC
- Implement zoned temperature controls or another building management system
- Have individual temperature controls for at least 50% of our occupants
- Have wrapped and/or insulated ductwork
- Initiated a third-party energy audit
- Initiated a commissioning plan prepared by a qualified third-party
- Implemented up to 25% of the recommendations from our commissioning plan
- Offset our grid consumption through the use of onsite renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, etc.)
- Offset up to 5% of our consumption through the use of onsite renewable energy
Materials
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Prioritize purchasing products made from recycled content, such as
- Prioritize purchasing furniture items made from recycled content
- Prioritize purchasing paper, toner cartridges & other office supplies made from recycled content
- Prioritize purchasing building materials for facility construction, renovation & fit-outs made from recycled content
- Prioritize purchasing cabinets, countertops & flooring made from recycled content
- Prioritize purchasing > 50% of supplies harvested & manufactured within 500 miles, such as
- Prioritize purchasing > 50% furniture items harvested & manufactured within 500 miles
- Prioritize purchasing > 50% paper, toner cartridges & other office supplies harvested & manufactured within 500 miles
- Prioritize purchasing > 50% building materials for facility construction, renovation & fit-outs harvested & manufactured within 500 miles
- Prioritize purchasing > 50% cabinets, countertops & flooring harvested & manufactured within 500 miles
- Ensure all new product purchases contain no added urea-formaldehyde, such as
- Ensure all new furniture purchases contain no added urea-formaldehyde
- Ensure all new building materials for facility construction, renovation & fit-outs contain no added urea-formaldehyde
- Ensure all new cabinet, countertop & flooring purchases contain no added urea-formaldehyde
- Prioritize purchasing corn-based dishware, as opposed to petroleum-based products
Water
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Use low-flow faucet and/or showerhead fixtures in 50+% of common areas
- Use motion-sensored faucets & fixtures in 50+% of common areas (kitchens are exempt)
- Have motion-sensored faucets & fixtures in 100% of common areas
- Use high-efficiency toilet flushing mechanisms
- Separately meter our physical plant (boilers, hot water, cooling tower)
Waste Reduction
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Implement a space-wide recycling policy, which includes a
- Have a 2+ can segregated recycling system (separate wet & dry waste)
- 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
- Ensure all print users 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
- Ensure all print users default to draft quality and/or black/white or grayscale print
- Occupy our space with reused/recycled furniture & equipment (desks, chairs, cubicle walls & cabinets)
- Occupy 25+% of our space with reused/recycled furniture & equipment
- Use motion-sensored paper towel distributors and/or hands-free, energy efficient dryers
Bonus Points
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Provide wellness plans or wellness training for our staff &/or stakeholders
- Have an individual appointed to specifically oversee sustainable operations and/or reporting
- Have outdoor green spaces and/or picnic areas
- Incorporate an effecient space plan and/or promote a flexible, mobile work environment
- Promote stakeholder community initiatives and/or volunteerism
- Have preferred parking for fuel-efficient vehicles and carpooling
- Have on-site bike storage
- Completed facility renovations & additions that exceeded code requirements for energy efficiency
- Have an on-site garden and/or indoor plants
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Plastic
- Have localized pick-up for recycling: Electrical equipment (computers, etc.)
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