Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.66
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

American University
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 5.00 Courtney Stoner
Sustainability Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Total floor area of existing building space:
410,257.33 Square meters

Floor area of existing building space operated and maintained in accordance with a sustainable management policy/program and/or a green building rating system:
Existing floor area
Certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute, Green Building Council (GBC) rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Platinum) Square meters
Certified at the 2nd highest level under a 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Gold) Square meters
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM-In Use Very Good) Square meters
Certified at a step above minimum level under a 4 -or 5–tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Silver) 1,576.75 Square meters
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM In-Use Pass or LEED O+M Certified) Square meters
Certified at any level under a non-GBC rating system or single-attribute rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings Square meters
Operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system 408,680.58 Square meters
Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system
 Square meters
Total 410,257.33 Square meters

Percentage of existing building space certified under a green building rating system rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:
0.38

A brief description of the sustainable operations and maintenance policy/program and/or O+M rating system(s) used:
Gray Hall gained LEED Silver Certification in 2016 under LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance 2009. https://www.american.edu/about/sustainability/buildings/gray-hall.cfm AU is managed in accordance with the following programs, but not certified: 1) an energy and water efficiency program; 2) IPM program See (OP-9) 3) Green Cleaning Program(See OP-13, policy can be found here: https://www.american.edu/policies/facilities/upload/green-cleaning-policy.pdf) AU's Energy and Engineering Department has dedicated staff to energy and water efficiency programs on campus. AU uses portfolio manager for benchmarking (public data can be found at http://energybenchmarkingdc.org).

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
*Square footage is as of FY19.

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