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LEED: EXISTING BUILDINGSOPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE

Rene Dulle, MBA, LEED Green Associate, B.S. Environmental Science

rdulle4@stlcc.edu| 314.539-5296

U.S. Green Building Council – Missouri Gateway Chapter

www.usgbc-mogateway.org | 314.577.0854

Missouri Botanical Garden Commerce Bank Education Center

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Introductions

• Who am I?

– Rene Dulle

• St. Louis Community College:

– Sr. Project Coordinator – Workforce Solutions Division

– Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies

• Leadership Circle Rep – Advocacy Committee

• CBEC Category Captain - Materials & Resource Team

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CLASS OVERVIEWMissouri Botanical Garden Commerce Bank

Education Center

• Category Overview |Materials & Resources

• CreditXCredit Investigation

• Class Activity

• Review

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CATEGORY OVERVIEW

• Materials & Resources: 2 Pre-requisites

�MR p1 Sustainable Purchasing Policy

�MR p2 Sustainable Waste Management Policy

Is your building qualified?

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CATEGORY OVERVIEW

• Materials & Resources Credits (MRc)MRc1 Sustainable Purchasing – Ongoing Consumables

�MRc2.1 & 2.2 Sustainable Purchasing –Durable Goods

MRc3 Sustainable Purchasing –

Facility Alterations & Additions

MRc4 Sustainable Purchasing –

Reduced Mercury in Lamps

MRc5 Sustainable Purchasing –Food

Is your building qualified?

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CATEGORY OVERVIEW

• Materials & Resources Credits (MRc)�MRc6 Solid Waste Management – Waste Stream Audit

�MRc7 Solid Waste Management –

Ongoing Consumables

�MRc8 Solid Waste Management – Durable Goods

MRc9 Solid Waste Management –

Facility Alterations & Additions

Is your building qualified?

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MATERIALS & RESOURCESCATEGORY OVERVIEW

Time

Money

Teamwork

LEED Specific

RESOURCES. What did it really take?

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CATEGORY OVERVIEW

• Time

– Thoroughly read, re-read, and understand info about the credit in the LEED Reference Guide

• Intent, requirements, related credits, referenced standards, implementation, timeline and team, calculations, resources, necessary documentation

– Identify Key Players, Stakeholders , and existing policies for Facility

– Meetings, Documentation, Activities

Resources. What did it really take?

Time

Money

Teamwork

LEED

Specific

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• Money

– Switching to more sustainable products

– Changing vendors

– Savings can usually be found elsewhere (i.e.

greater recycling lowers disposal costs)

Resources. What did it really take?

Time

Money

Teamwork

LEED

Specific

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CATEGORY OVERVIEW

• Materials & Resource Volunteer Team:

Rene Dulle |Erik Lueders | Katie Belisle-Iffrig | Ruben Guzman | Tim Keane | Jean Ponzi

• How – Credit Captain served as project mgr; each member

owned or shared a credit to pursue.

– Credit workload balanced ? Members are comfortable with assignments?

• Teamwork with Building Staff is critical! Respect their time and be precise with requests

Resources. What did it really take?

Time

Money

Teamwor

k

LEED

Specific

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CATEGORY OVERVIEW

• LEED Specific

– Existing Documents

• Monsanto Center Purchasing &

Waste Mgt Policies

– LEED EB:O&M

Reference Guide

– LEEDUser.com

– LEED Online

Resources. What did it really take?

Time

Money

Teamwork

LEED

Specific

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MATERIALS & RESOURCESCREDIT CREDIT INVESTIGATIONX

• How did we do it?

• Credit Review

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CREDITXCREDITHow did we do it? What did we do?

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CREDITXCREDIT

MRp1 Sustainable Purchasing Policy {Required}

• Credit Intent:

– To reduce the environmental impacts of

materials acquired for use in the operations,

maintenance and upgrades of buildings.

– Reference EPA Environmentally Preferable

Purchasing (EPP) Program guidelines for MRp1,

MRc 1-6 www.epa.gov/epp

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRp1 Sustainable Purchasing Policy {Required}

• Requirements:

– Have in place an EPP including, at minimum product purchasing policies for the building & site addressing MRc1 and the reqs of at least 1 of the following credits:

• MRc2 SP – Durable Goods

• MRc3 SP – Facility Alterations & Additions

• MRc4 SP – Reduced Mercury in Lamps

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRp1 Sustainable Purchasing Policy {Required}

• Adopt policy BEFORE Performance Period begins

– Identify materials to be included in policy; specify

material restrictions according to relevant credit

requirements (MRc1-5)

– Sets the stage for MRc 1-5.

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRp1 Sustainable Purchasing Policy {Required}

• Exemplary Performance: No

• Documentation:

– Just need policy in place!

– Track the policy implementation dates

– Document any changes made to policy during implementation

– Will portions of bldg be excluded from policy? Note reasons. Would likely apply to MRc1-5

• i.e. multi-tenant bldgs can exclude up to 10% of bldg area

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc1 Sustainable Purchasing –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:– To reduce the environmental and air quality impacts

of the materials acquired for use in the operations and maintenance of buildings.

– Note:• Includes items w/ low cost/unit

• Food & beverages excluded

• Consistency across credits with “OC” and “DG” items

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MRc1 Sustainable Purchasing –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Requirements:– Sustainable purchases of at least 60% of total, by cost

– Sustainable purchases must meet 1 or more of:• Contain at least 10% postconsumer and/or 20%

postindustrial material

• Contain at least 50% rapidly renewable materials

• Contain at least 50% materials w/in 500 miles

• Contain at least 50% FSC certified paper products

• Batteries are rechargeable

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc1 Sustainable Purchasing –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Why Not? Many purchasers! And some Garden-Level bulk purchasing

• Plan, Policy, Program? – Maintain Sustainable Purchasing Program giving

preference to products that have little to no negative impact on the environment & society thru-out their life cycle, & to the companies that supply them.

– At minimum includes paper, toner cartridges, binders, batteries, desk accessories.

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc1 Sustainable Purchasing –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Performance Period: YES

• Data Collection, Monitoring, Calculations: YES

– Track cost of all OC purchases during perf period / % sustainable

• Exemplary Performance: YES

– Sustainable purchases >95% of total purchases earns Innovation in Operations credit

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc2 Sustainable Purchasing –

Durable Goods {1-2 pts}

• Credit Intent:

– To reduce the environmental and air quality impacts of the materials acquired for use in the operations and maintenance of buildings.

– Note:

• DG = higher cost/unit & replaced infrequently

• Maintain consistency designating “OC” and “DG” items

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MRc2 Sustainable Purchasing –

Durable Goods {1-2 pts}

• Requirements:

– Two Options can be combined for 2 pts

– Option 1: Electric-Powered Equipment {1 pt}

• Equipment is ENERGY STAR qualified

• Equipment (battery or corded) replaces conventional,

gas-powered equip

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MRc2 Sustainable Purchasing –

Durable Goods {1-2 pts}

• Requirements:

– Option 2: Furniture {1 pt} purchases contain 1 or more:

• at least 10% postconsumer and/or 20% postindustrial material

• at least 70% material salvaged off-site or outside the organization

• at least 70% materials salvaged from on-site, through an internal organization materials & equipment reuse program

• at least 50% rapidly renewable material

• at least 50% FSC-certified wood

• At least 50% material extracted & processed w/in 500 miles

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Pre-owned Furniture Purchased= 1 point

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MRc2 Sustainable Purchasing –

Durable Goods {1-2 pts}

• Plan, Policy, Program? – Maintain Sustainable Purchasing Program giving

preference to products that have little to no negative impact on the environment & society thru-out their life cycle, & to the companies that supply them.

– Includes furniture, office equip, appliances, external power adapters, audiovisual equip.

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc2 Sustainable Purchasing –

Durable Goods {1-2 pts}

• Performance Period: YES

• Data Collection, Monitoring, Calculations: YES

– Track cost of all DG purchases during perf period

– % sustainable

• Exemplary Performance: YES, CBEC earned 1 addCBEC earned 1 add’’l point l point by:

– sustainable electrical equip purchases to 80% of total

– sustainable furniture purchases to 80% of total

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc2 Sustainable Purchasing –

Durable Goods {1-2 pts}

• Documentation:

– Track cost of each DG purchase and total

– Fill out table w/ sustainability criteria met (if any), record

date, purchasing entity, (weighted) cost, quantity

– manufacturers or suppliers documentation verifying

compliance

• CBEC purchased computers meeting EPEAT guidelines!

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc3 Sustainable Purchasing –

Facility Alterations & Additions{1 pt}

• Credit Intent:

– To reduce the environmental and air quality

impacts of the materials acquired for use in the

upgrade of buildings.

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc3 Sustainable Purchasing –

Facility Alterations & Additions{1 pt}

• Requirements:

• 50% materials purchased for alterations during the perf period must be sustainable, meeting 1 or more of below:– at least 10% postconsumer and/or 20% postindustrial material

– at least 70% material salvaged off-site or outside the organization

– at least 70% materials salvaged from on-site, through an internal organization materials & equipment reuse program

– at least 50% rapidly renewable material

– at least 50% FSC-certified wood

– At least 50% material extracted & processed w/in 500 miles

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MRc3 Sustainable Purchasing –

Facility Alterations & Additions{1 pt}• Requirements:

– VOC content of adhesives & sealants < current VOC content limits of SCAQMD Rule 1168, or sealers used as fillers at min meet reqs of Bay Area Air Quality Mgt Dist Regulation 8, Rule 51.

– Paints & coatings VOC emissions < VOC & chemical component limits of Green Seal’s Std GS-11 reqs.

– Min 25% of finished non-carpet floor area is FloorScore-certified

– Carpet meets reqs of the CRI Green Label Plus Carpet Testing Program

– Carpet cushion meets reqs of the CRI Green Label Testing Program

– No added urea-formaldehyde resins in composite panels & agrifiber

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc3 Sustainable Purchasing –

Facility Alterations & Additions{1 pt}

• Why Not? Bad timing…No facility alterations & additions during performance period

• Plan, Policy, Program? YES– Maintain Sustainable Purchasing Program covering materials for

facility renovations, demolitions, refits & new construction additions. Applies only to base building elements semi or permanently attached to bldg;

– excludes FFE, mechanical, electrical, & plumbing.

• Exemplary Performance: YES

– Sustainable purchases of 95% of total purchases earns add’l pt

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc4 Sustainable Purchasing –

Reduced Mercury in Lamps {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:

– To establish & maintain a toxic material source reduction program to reduce the amount of mercury brought onto the building site through purchases of lamps

• Requirements:

– Combined Average mercury content of purchased lamps must be 90 pg per lumen-hour or less

– Incl. indoor & outdoor; hard-wired & portable lamps

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc4 Sustainable Purchasing –

Reduced Mercury in Lamps {1 pt}

• Why Not? Garden Level bulk purchasing / CBEC tracking issue

• Plan, Policy, Program? YES

– Lighting Plan specifies max levels of Hg permitted in

lamps purchased; Id alternatives/schedule replacement

• Exemplary Performance: YES

– 90% of lamps purchased avg 70 pg (or less)

Hg content / lumen-hour earns additional point

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc5 Sustainable Purchasing – Food {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:

– To reduce the environmental and transportation impacts associated with food production & distribution.

• Requirements:

– at least 25% of total combined food & beverage purchases, by cost, must be sustainable

– Examples of criteria for Sustainable purchases are Labeled USDA Organic, Food Alliance Certified, Fair Trade; produced w/in a 100-mile radius

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc5 Sustainable Purchasing – Food {1 pt}

• Why Not? Difficult to track; Many visitors in building!

• Plan, Policy, Program? No

Credit related to MRp1: Sustainable Purchasing Policy

• Exemplary Performance: YES

–Sustainable purchases >50% of total purchases earns additional point

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRp2 Solid Waste Management Policy {Required}

• Credit Intent:

– To facilitate the reduction of waste generated by

building occupants that is hauled to and disposed

of in landfills or incineration facilities

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MRp2 Solid Waste Management Policy {Required}

• Requirements:

– Have in place a solid waste management policy for

the building & site addressing the requirements of at

least the waste mgt credits listed below, as well as

recycling of all mercury-containing lamps:

• MRc7 – SWM – Ongoing Consumables

• MRc8 – SWM – Durable Goods

• MRc9 – SWM – Facility Alterations & Additions

How did we do it? What did we do?

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CREDITXCREDIT

MRp2 Solid Waste Management Policy {Required}

• Adopt policy BEFORE Performance Period begins

– Sets the stage for MRc 7-9

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRp2 Solid Waste Management Policy {Required}

• Exemplary Performance: No

• Documentation:

– Just need policy in place!

– Review / verify project bldg will comply with MRc7-9

– Record policy implementation dates

– Document any changes made to policy during implementation

– Will portions of bldg be excluded from policy? Note reasons (i.e. multi-tenant, 10% exclusion rule)

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc6 Solid Waste Management –

Waste Stream Audit {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:

– To facilitate the reduction of ongoing waste &

toxins generated by building occupants & building

operations that are hauled to and disposed of in

landfills or incineration facilities

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc6 Solid Waste Mgt -

Waste Stream Audit

• Requirements: Conduct

a waste stream audit of

the building’s entire

ongoing consumables

waste stream (no DG or

construction waste for

FAA).

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc6 Solid Waste Management –

Waste Stream Audit {1 pt}

• Plan, Policy, Program? No

– Use audit results to establish a baseline that

identifies the types of waste making up the waste

stream and amounts of each type by

weight/volume.

– Identify opps for recycling & waste diversion

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc6 Solid Waste Management –

Waste Stream Audit {1 pt}

• Performance Period: YES, earlier the better

• Data Collection, Monitoring, Calculations: YES

– Separate & aggregate waste stream into components.

– Be sure to include recyclables, items being reused, resale items, & of course, trash.

– Determine % being diverted from landfill or

incineration

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc6 Solid Waste Management –

Waste Stream Audit {1 pt}

• Exemplary Performance: No

• Documentation:

– Outline a plan for conducting audits at regular intervals

– Retain audit reports, incl procedure, sample descriptions

– Maintain a list of waste-diversion opportunities identified

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc7 Solid Waste Management –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:– To facilitate the reduction of waste & toxins

generated from the use of ongoing consumable products by building occupants & building operations that are hauled to and disposed of in landfills or incineration facilities

– Note:• Food & beverages included

• Some items could be “ongoing” or “durable”

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MRc7 Solid Waste Management –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Requirements:

– Reuse, Recycle, Compost at least 50% of OC waste

stream by weight or volume

– Divert at least 80% of batteries from the trash

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc7 Solid Waste Management –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Plan, Policy, Program? YES

– Maintain a waste reduction & recycling program that addresses materials with low cost / unit that are regularly used & replaced thru course of business (correlate with MRc1 and MRc5)

– Maintain a battery recycling program implementing MRp2 policy

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc7 Solid Waste Management –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Performance Period: YES

• Data Collection, Monitoring, Calculations: YES

– Track total OC waste and proportions recycled/reused

– Track battery recycling rates

• Exemplary Performance: YES

– Divert >95% of total OC waste & earn additional pt

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc7 Solid Waste Management –

Ongoing Consumables {1 pt}

• Regional Priority Credit:

CBEC Earned 1 pt by diverting 72.44%!

• Documentation:

– Make sure staff & 3rd party contractors familiar with materials being recycled & tracked for this credit!

– Use a table to document weight/volume of waste categories

– Outline battery recycling program & method to estimate performance

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc8 Solid Waste Management –

Durable Goods {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:– To facilitate the reduction of waste & toxins

generated from the use of durable goods by building occupants & building operations that are hauled to and disposed of in landfills or incineration facilities

• Requirements:– Reuse or recycle 75% of durable goods waste stream

(by weight, volume, or replacement value).

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc8 Solid Waste Management –

Durable Goods {1 pt}

• Plan, Policy, Program? YES

– Maintain a waste reduction, reuse & recycling

program addressing durable goods; including QC

protocol to ensure compliance.

– Correlate with MRc2

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc8 Solid Waste Management –

Durable Goods {1 pt}

• Performance Period: YES

• Data Collection, Monitoring, Calculations: YES– Track total DG waste and proportions by weight,

volume or replacement value of:• Landfill & incinerator waste

• Waste that is diverted, recycled, or reused

– Monitor for program compliance

– For entire perf period – no extrapolations

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MRc8 Solid Waste Management –

Durable Goods {1 pt}

• Exemplary Performance: No

• Documentation:

– Make sure staff & 3rd party contractors familiar with materials being recycled & tracked for this credit!

– Use a table to track diverted durable goods, methods of diversion, hauler or destination, & quantity

(weight, volume or replacement value)

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc9 Solid Waste Management –

Facility Alterations & Additions {1 pt}

• Credit Intent:

– To divert construction & demolition debris from

disposal to landfills & incineration facilities.

Redirect recyclable recovered resources back to

the manufacturing process & reusable materials

to appropriate sites.

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc9 Solid Waste Management –

Facility Alterations & Additions {1 pt}

• Requirements:

– Divert at least 70% of waste (by volume)

generated by facility alterations & additions from

disposal to landfills & incineration facilities

How did we do it? What did we do?

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MRc9 Solid Waste Management –

Facility Alterations & Additions {1 pt}

• Why Not?

Bad timing - No facility alterations/additions during

• Plan, Policy, Program? No– Develop / adopt a waste mgt strategy for construction site, addressing

reuse and/or recycling of (for example) corrugated cardboard, metals, concrete brick, demolition, flooring …Include QC protocol to ensure FAA waste is not leaving thru unmonitored channels

– Correlate with MRc4

• Exemplary Performance: YES– Divert >95% of waste generated by FAA & earn additional pt

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Class Activity!

Learning Activity

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CBEC Process/Project Review

Lessons Learned

• Performance Period, a specific timeframe allowed for measurement, comes and goes quickly!

• MRp Policies must be ready to go before performance period –otherwise, time is wasted with updating; may impact MR Credit reqs measured throughout performance period.

• Implement tracking procedures beforehand

• What information/procedures need(s) to be tracked; how it will be tracked; Who needs to be consulted and/or trained in order for tracking to be implemented??

– Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), MBG IT & Center for Bioinformatics , MBG Education Division, Earthways Center, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development (CCSD), USGBC, MBG Press, Little Shop and Tower Grove House = 10 different people responsible for purchasing!!!

• Don’t assume!

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Class Review

• Questions??

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LEED – Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance

Rene Dulle, MBA, LEED Green Associate, B.S. Environmental Science

rdulle4@stlcc.edu| 314.539-5296

THANK YOU!

U.S. Green Building Council – Missouri Gateway Chapter:

www.usgbc-mogateway.org 314-577-0854