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
- 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 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
- Measure internal humidity in at least 50% of our space
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Use a high-efficiency boiler or hot-water system
- Use programmable thermostats and/or "range" controls (e.g., two degrees up & down)
- Use thermostat timers to control peak vs. non-peak loads
- 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
- Have insulated roof & walls, defined by values R-19 or greater
- 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
- Implemented up to 50% of the recommendations from our commissioning plan
- Implemented up to 75% of the recommendations from our commissioning plan
- Offset our grid consumption through the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
- Initiated a one-year REC contract or purchase equal to our total annual energy consumption
- Initiated a two-year REC contract or purchase equal to our total annual energy consumption
Materials
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Prioritize purchasing products made from recycled content, such as
- Prioritize purchasing building materials for facility construction, renovation & fit-outs made from recycled content
- Prioritize purchasing products made from FSC® or SFI® Certified materials, such as
- Prioritize purchasing building materials for facility construction, renovation & fit-outs made from FSC® or SFI® Certified materials
- Prioritize purchasing cabinets, countertops & flooring made from FSC® or SFI® Certified materials
- Ensure all new product purchases contain no added urea-formaldehyde, such as
- 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
- Ensure all new flooring purchases will comprise of recycled carpet fibers, carpet tiles and/or other sustainable flooring
- Ensure all new flooring contains low or no-VOC content
- Ensure all new flooring contains at least 10% of content derived from recycled fibers
- Ensure 100% of our current flooring is comprised of recycled carpet fibers, tiles and/or other sustainable flooring
- 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
- Have low-flow and/or faucet fixtures in 100% of common areas
- Use motion-sensored faucets & fixtures in 50+% of common areas (kitchens are exempt)
- Use high-efficiency toilet flushing mechanisms
- Have a system to capture rainwater and/or greywater
- Control rainwater and/or greywater prior to its disbursement into the watershed
- 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
- Use reusable dishware, kitchenware & utensils
- Use motion-sensored paper towel distributors and/or hands-free, energy efficient dryers
Bonus Points
This location is managed sustainably because they:
- Have a space that is LEED® certified
- 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 on-site shower facilities
- 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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