Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED BD+C: Schools

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - Schools 2007, v2 - LEED 2.2

Inquiry

The goal of this CIR request is to confirm that it is viable for a project filing under LEED-NC v.2.2 to look to credits and credit requirements under LEED-EB v.2.0 (specifically three credits under the heading of Building Operation & Maintenance) as the basis of one of its ID credits. Specifically, a large private university in the mid-west has a growing commitment to sustainability and green design. It is currently constructing several new dormitories and student support/activity spaces (5 buildings total) which are targeting LEED-NC v. 2.2 Silver at a minimum. This university realizes that sustainable practices don\'t end when construction of these new dormitories and buildings is complete and they receive their LEED certification. Consistent with their plans to use the LEED for Existing Buildings program in the future to enhance campus operations and maintenance of buildings, this university plans to extend sustainable practices into the life and maintenance of these new dormitories and student support/activity buildings by adapting "appropriate operations and maintenance of buildings and building systems so that they continue to deliver target building performance goals over the long term." (LEED for Existing Buildings v 2.0 Reference Guide, page 213.) Also important, this university is looking to its experiences building and implementing a long-term Building Operation and Maintenance Plan at these new dormitories and student support/activity buildings as a test case for all five of its campuses. Basis of Building Operation & Maintenance at these new Dormitories and Student Support/Activity Buildings: This university looks to LEED-EB v. 2.0 for the basic standards in it Building Operations and Maintenance Program: Specifically: 1. LEED-EB, v 2.0 EA Credit 3.1: Building Operation & Maintenance, Staff Education; 2. LEED-EB, v2.0 EA Credit 3.2: Building Operation & Maintenance, Building Systems Maintenance; and 3. LEED-EB, v2.0 EA Credit 3.3: Building Operation & Maintenance, Building Systems Monitoring; This university also looks to LEED-NC v. 2.2 standards and monitoring criteria. Specifically: 1. LEED-NC, v2.2 EA Credit 3: Enhanced Commissioning; 2. LEED-NC, v2.2 EA Credit 5: Measurement & Verification; and 3. LEED-NC, v2.2 EQ Credit 1: Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring. Action Plan: Within the context of the above LEED-EB v. 2.0 and LEED-NC v. 2.2 standards, Building Operations and Maintenance at this university will follow the following four basic strategies: 1. Commissioning, through design and 10 months into occupancy; 2. Maintenance & Operations Staff Continuing Education and Training; 3. Building Systems Maintenance; and 4. Building Systems Monitoring (M&V, Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring, Johnson Controls). In terms of the ID credit filing for this project, the project team describes how this university and this new dormitory and student support/activities spaces project meets and, in some cases, exceeds the credit criteria for the above three LEED-EB EA Credits 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3. Is this a viable ID credit for its LEED-NC v. 2.2 filing?