SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

Asset Classes

Focus Area

Water

Topic

Engagement

Question #

W7.1 — Align Engagement Initiatives with Tenants

Question

Do any of the tenants’ water management approaches align with the owner or landlord’s?

Applicability

Applicable to Enclosed Shopping Centre, Universal, Light Industrial and Open-Air Retail buildings

Answer

Indicate which topics are aligned:

    • Assessment, WCMs
    • Benchmarking, tracking and monitoring 
    • Water hazards 
    • No
    • N/A – applicable to non-tenanted buildings only. Please provide supporting documentation demonstrating this building does not have tenants

Description

Passive engagement through communications is an important first step. Also, the ability to collect tenant utility data is becoming increasingly important as part of reporting and disclosure. Active engagement efforts include direct outreach activities, such as working with tenants to collect tenant-controlled utility data, or requiring green leases for new tenants or renewals that address sustainability initiatives.

Requirements

    1. Engage with the tenants to understand their water efficiency goals in specific topics listed and how their goals may align with the building management’s water efficiency goals
    2. Provide a sample of feedback or communication received from the tenants that demonstrate where alignment exists in specific topics covered in the Water Management Plan

Documentation

    • Narrative that describes where landlord and tenant’s water efficiency goals align
    • Sample of relevant feedback or communication received from tenants

Adapted BB3 Question

New in BOMA BEST 4.0

Suggested Lead

In-house

References

None

Crosswalk

TBD

Other Notes

In buildings where tenants manage the majority of water-using systems, the owner or landlord can engage with the tenant(s) to collaborate and share information and lessons learned to improve whole building performance in these areas.

Scoring

1 Point per option, up to 3 Max Points

Verification