Building performance simplified .

1. Building performance simplified.

2. Learn about LEED-EB OM from a local Austin project.

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

4. Case Study: • Hartland Plaza • 1717 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

5. Case Study: • Hartland Plaza • 1717 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Building performance simplified. cloudforestsoftware.com cloudforestconsulting.com Fast, simple online tool that models financial, energy & environmental performance all in one model, including a huge menu of green/LEED upgrades. We’re the ones who automated it. We’re also available to guide you through your building project in-person. Direct contact: Aide Fitch cell: 512-619-0983