Rating System

LEED O+M: Existing Buildings

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v3 - LEED 2008

Inquiry

The building we are applying for LEED-EB Certification is a dormitory for 150 freshmen students and there is only one office in the building staffed with two full time employees (referred to as "the Foundation"). Building Operations office is located in another building that is also part of the residential complex; this is where all the decisions in regard to residences' maintenance and operations are being taken. We propose an alternative, multi-pronged approach for meeting the requirements of credit MR 1.1 - 1.3 in our building. We propose the following submittals to demonstrate compliance with this credit in the Building Operations and Foundation offices; and to encourage and support sustainable purchasing decisions among our students: · Copy of the Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Policy for the Building Operations office and for the Foundation; copy of the tracking template, documenting all the purchases during the performance period · Outreach materials distributed by the students' Resource Efficiency Program to promote sustainable purchases among their peers · Screenshot of the website of our university's preferred office supplies vendor and of their "recycled contract items" shopping list that promotes products with postconsumer material · Screenshot of our "Green Office" website that promotes environmentally friendly products to all university staff · Outreach materials from the Green Office campaign that targets all office staff at our school Does the approach above qualify us for MR 1 Sustainable Purchasing - Ongoing consumables?