SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
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Light Industrial
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Health Care Facilities
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Universal
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Focus Area
Energy and Carbon
Topic
Baseline Practices
Question #
E13.0 — Owner or Landlord Shares Energy and Carbon Practices
Question
Has an Energy and Carbon Management Communication Plan been shared with the building tenants?
Applicability
All asset classes
Tenant occupied building
Answer & Scoring
- Yes – this is a baseline requirement
- Not Applicable – Owner/landlord occupied building
Requirements
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- Develop an Energy and Carbon Management Communication Plan that covers the following:
- Efforts the building management team are implementing for systems managed by the owner/landlord. If systems are tenant managed, provide efforts the tenant can implement to manage their energy and carbon. This should include tips for operations and maintenance optimization, lighting and HVAC efficiency, and the value of sub-metering
- Completed energy and carbon assessment from E1.0b and associated initiatives as applicable
- Copies of communication with the building’s tenants where the content of the building Energy and Carbon communication plan was shared, dated within the past 12 months
- Demonstrate that communication was distributed to at least half of the number of tenant organizations occupying the building or to a group that leases at least half of the total building area
- Develop an Energy and Carbon Management Communication Plan that covers the following:
Documentation
- Building-specific Energy and Carbon Management Communication Plan
- Proof of communication with representative group of building tenants, covering energy and carbon assessment, tips for operations and maintenance optimization, lighting and HVAC efficiency, and the value of sub-metering
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Suggested Lead
In-house: Facility Maintenance in conjunction with Building Manager/Policy Makers
Value
- Increasing occupant awareness and engagement can positively impact the sustainability practices at a building
- Tenant participation is necessary for reaching energy and carbon reduction goals
- Develop an Energy and Carbon Management Communication Plan that defines how the building’s energy and carbon reduction goals will be shared with tenants
- Share energy and carbon reduction tips with tenants to encourage tenants to play an active role in energy and carbon reduction at the building
Description
Increasing building tenant and occupant awareness and engagement in environmental and sustainable practices can have a significant positive impact on the performance of the building.
Improving the environmental performance of the building can lead to many positive outcomes for building management, staff and tenants, including but not limited to lower operational costs, lower utility bills, improved indoor air quality, improved management-tenant relationships, etc.
References
None
Adapted BB 3.0 Question
Best Practice 2 – Has an ASHRAE Level 1 Energy Assessment been conducted in the last five (5) years?Best Practice 16 – Is an Occupant Environmental Communication Program in place at the building?