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Building performance simplified.


Learn about LEED-EB OMfrom a local Austin project.


Objectives for this presentation:

1.What is LEED-EBOM? How does it differ from other LEED rating systems?2.How does a building owner or manager budget for & begin LEED-EBOM? 3.What are the most difficult and costly parts of the EBOM process?4.What are the benefits of LEED-EBOM to you and your tenants?5.What tasks are required of a building manager for LEED-EBOM?


Case Study:Hartland Plaza1717 W. 6th St.

•181,000 sf (not including satellite building/garage)•Prime location with decent opportunity for walk/bike commute to nearby residential areas•Easy in-out to Mopac provides great opportunity for carpooling•About 50 tenants companies, many green•Roughly 500 occupants


Case Study:Hartland Plaza1717 W. 6th St.

•181,000 sf •Built in 80’s•Some mechanical systems upgraded since then•Lighting upgraded since then•Nice design for daylighting– stepped façade with distributed windows, oriented east but with a shaded courtyard


1. What is LEED-EBOM? How does it differ from other LEED rating systems?• For Existing Buildings

• Focus on Operations and Maintenance instead of the physical design of the building

• Requires recertification every 5 years

• Lots of walk-throughs

• Lots of occupant surveys and informal meetings with occupants and building personnel

• Lower level certification can be accomplished without engineers


2. How does a building owner or manager budget for & begin LEED-EBOM?

• review the checklist and pick the easiest credits to get to your goal rating level

• look out for high dollar items• Commissioning• Mechanical retrofits (plumbing & irrigation

retrofits are ok)• Materials credits, if you have many different

tenants

• be realistic about items needing tenant participation• Green purchasing • Alternative transportation commuting


3. What are the most difficult and costly parts of the EBOM process?

Besides those mentioned on the previous slide:

•Difficult• Calculations such as Minimum Indoor Air

Quality Performance (CFM fresh air)

•Time consuming• Walk-throughs such as daylighting• Tenant participation- Alternative

Transportation, Purchasing

•Costly• Green tenant renovations: construction waste

recycling and construction IAQ


4. What are the benefits of LEED-EBOM to you and your tenants? • Can reveal opportunities to serve tenants better.

There is so much interviewing, auditing, and surveying that you end up hearing things you otherwise might not.

• Can reveal operating cost saving opportunities

• Can provide tenants a structured forum for communicating needs and wants.

• greener, healthier space = higher rents or higher employee productivity

• green marketing


5. What tasks are required of a building manager for LEED-EBOM?

• Hire or designate a LEED coordinator/consultant• Feasibility assessment (including cost)• Create and track point strategy• Calculations• Draft surveys and policies• Walk-throughs, audits• Meet with tenants and building personnel to

increase participation and collect data, surveys, documentation

• Watch the performance period timeline

• Assist LEED coordinator with all of the above, especially feasibility assessment


5. What tasks are required of a building manager for LEED-EBOM? • Assist LEED coordinator with all of the above

• Pay for upgrades & retrofits

• Administer occupant surveys – and provide incentives for completion

• Provide effective incentives for •alternative transportation commuting•green purchasing•recycling

• Effectively communicate the benefits to occupants and engage them enthusiastically


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