| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.08 |
| Liaison | Philip Mansfield |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2022 |
Carleton University
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 5.00 |
Philip
Mansfield Sustainability Manager Facilities Management and Planning |
Total floor area of existing building space:
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) | 0 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) | 0 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) | 0 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) | 0 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) | 0 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 | 0 Square meters |
| Operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system | 469,484 Square meters |
| Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system | 0 Square meters |
| Total | 469,484 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:
A brief description of the sustainable operations and maintenance policy/program and/or O+M rating system(s) used:
Carleton has adopted the APPA (Association of Physical Plant Administrators) Energy and Sustainability Assessment Tool (ESAT). ESAT provides a comprehensive view of operations and helps our institution get the data and direction it needs to chart a course to sustainability. All buildings on campus are included in the assessment and benchmarking program.
This tool provides a dynamic database that can be used to track key energy and sustainability performance indicators with respect to campus management and infrastructure as well as individual buildings. ESAT was initially developed in 2010, largely based on the efforts by Carleton University, to evaluate the entire campus portfolio of 41 main buildings. During this exercise, the facility staff at Carleton provided input to develop and test a streamlined, practical, and budget-sensitive benchmarking program, which supports a roadmap for continuous improvement for the campus. Additionally, ESAT provides a data feed on several key energy and sustainability measures.
Carleton also has specific attribute-led policies as related to sustainable programs. The IPM policy ensures that chemical pesticides such as fungicides, herbicides and insecticides are used only as solutions of last resort within the broader framework of Carleton University’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program and in compliance with all applicable government regulations. Within the IPM program, a hierarchy of administrative, mechanical, biological, and lastly chemical controls is used to control undesirable organisms, plants, insects or animals to ensure compliance with relevant provincial and federal legislation and to recognize the university’s commitment to the highest achievable standard of environmental quality.
Carleton university has also prepared a Green Cleaning Standard to ensure that present and future cleaning practices maintain a high degree of sustainability. The standard outlines proper sustainable training and procedures as well as certified products, chemicals and equipment. The standard is grouped into 5 categories: training, procedures, products, further standards and continued improvement. This can help create healthy high performance cleaning and a more productive indoor environment with fewer burdens to our natural resources.
Carleton University is partnered with our internal custodial contract provider for all cleaning on campus. In doing so we have created a Green Cleaning Plan for the campus and Carleton University encourages that both the Standard and Plan be used in conjunction with each other.
This cleaning standard was created to meet current industry best practices. New buildings on campus are required to input data and information in the Green Globes Energy and Environment Assessment for New Construction. Existing buildings must complete the APPA online assessment for campuses which measures the ongoing sustainability of each building and of the whole campus at Carlton University. This Standard will identify the credits corresponding to green cleaning. Other standards include the policies put in place by Green Seal, Environmental Choice, Ecologo and CRI’s Green Label Program.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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