Plan ♦ Design ♦ Build ♦ Maintain ♦ Serve

Air Quality & Health

• Use mats, rugs & grates at building entrances to manage particulates
• Implement a pest-management plan to reduce or eliminate sources of food, water & shelter
• Measure internal humidity in at least 50% of our space
• Provide shading devices or tinted windows to control sunlight
• Use certified environmentally-friendly cleaning products
• Use only low-VOC interior paints
• Maintain and clean our HVAC three times per the 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
• Have daylight accessible to at least 75+% of our occupants

Energy:

• Offset our grid consumption through the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) 
•  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 re-commissioning plan for the HVAC system to more energy efficiencies
• Have common area lighting on automatic timers & occupancy sensors
• Have individual temperature controls for at least 50% of our occupants
• Implemented and maintain specific “occupied” & “unoccupied” set-points for the entire building
• Implemented building HVAC system schedules to reduce energy usage during unoccupied times
• Use a high-efficiency boiler or hot-water system
• Have the policy to phase all incandescent lighting to CFL, LED or better

Water:

• 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
• Use high-efficiency toilet flushing mechanisms
• Have low-flow and/or faucet fixtures in 100% of common areas
•  Use low-flow faucet and/or showerhead fixtures in 100% of common areas 
• Use motion-sensor faucets & fixtures in 100% of common areas (kitchens are exempt)
• Use motion-sensor paper towel dispensers and/or hands-free, energy efficient dryers