Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.0, v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2008

Inquiry

Other than staff and public visitors, all occupants in our facility are maximum security/special management inmates. There are operational risks associated with surveying these occupants. If a large number of inmate complaints are filed regarding thermal comfort, the Sheriff\'s Office or Jail Standards is brought in to inspect the facility. With enough complaints, Jail Standards is required to spend numerous hours qualifying the complaints. Inmates are searching for ways to divert an officer\'s attention away from them so they can be involved in activities that are not permitted. Inmate survey results will most likely be negative even with satisfactory thermal comfort. Conducting an inmate survey would undoubtedly guarantee skewed results. . We are asking for only staff to be included in the thermal comfort survey of building occupants. We are asking to exclude the inmate occupants in the thermal comfort survey.