Understanding LEED® for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (TM)

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Benefits

There are millions of existing buildings and numerous opportunities to reduce their energy waste, save money, improve health and productivity, and exploit new technologies that have recently become available to help the environment. This live audio conference will help you understand how the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance™ rating and certification system works. The USGBC LEED® for Existing Buildings: O&M™ program's goal is obtaining higher performance in buildings that have already been constructed and currently are in operation. The LEED® for Existing Buildings: O&M™ rating system helps building owners and operators assess the performance of their buildings and assists in the identification of goals and strategies that allow uniform consideration of improvements. This rating system emphasizes maximizing operational service and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts. It addresses whole-building energy and water use, indoor comfort and air quality, cleaning and maintenance issues, including chemical use, recycling programs, purchasing activity, transportation integration and exterior maintenance programs.

Learning Objectives

  • You will be able to explain the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance™ certification system, as updated through Q1-2011.
  • You will be able to identify opportunities to reduce energy waste, improve health and productivity, save money, and exploit new technologies in existing commercial buildings.
  • You will be able to review methods used to obtain LEED® credits for implementing environmental design in existing buildings.
  • You will be able to define goals and recognize useful strategies allowing uniform consideration of green existing building improvements.

Agenda

Fundamentals of Sustainability and Green Building
Existing Buildings Present Opportunities for Reducing Energy Waste and Lowering Atmospheric Pollution Emissions
Established Criteria for LEED® (Version 3.0, and Updates Through Q1-2011)
Detailed Review: Prerequisites and Credits Contained Within the LEED® for Existing Buildings: O&M™ Rating System
  • Understand the Major Strategies
  • Discussion of Required Documentation
  • Specific Rating and Certification Sections
    • Sustainable Sites and Site-Management Strategies, Including Transportation
    • Water Efficiency Methods and Technology
    • Energy Efficiency, Reducing Atmospheric Emissions; Considering Renewable Sources
    • Materials and Resources
    • Green Procurement Approaches
    • Indoor Environmental Quality
    • Waste Management and Green Cleaning
    • Innovation and Design
Lessons Learned From LEED® for Existing Buildings: O&M™ Rating System 2007 - Present

Faculty

Bion D. Howard, CGP, Building Environmental Science and Technology


Bion D. Howard, CGP
  • Principal/Consultant, Building Environmental Science and Technology
  • Provides green building technical support and systems analysis services to designers, builders, architectural and engineering firms and government agencies
  • Served as a co-developer of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s well-known ENERGY STAR™ programs from 1994 to 1995
  • Served on the U.S. Green Building Council LEED® Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group, 2004 to 2009
  • Founding member of USGBC, in 1993, while with Alliance to Save Energy, Washington, D.C.
  • Listed in Who’s Who: Environmental Registry, 1993
  • Appointed American Solar Energy Society Fellow
  • Member of ASHRAE, USGBC
  • The University of Redlands, California, Career Achievement Award, 1900
  • Frequent speaker and widely published authority on green building, energy efficiency and application of building integrated solar energy systems
  • Graduate, environmental science master’s degree program, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  • Can be contacted at info@energybuilder.com





These Materials are Designed For

This live audio conference is designed for engineers, project managers, presidents, vice presidents, architects, contractors, subcontractors, building owners and managers, developers, real estate professionals, government officials and facilities managers.

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