Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.54
Liaison Stephane Menand
Submission Date June 22, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
OP-4: Building Design and Construction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.97 / 3.00 Stephane Menand
Assistant Director
Center for Sustainability
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Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space (include projects completed within the previous five years) :
326,035.83 Square feet

Certified Projects 

Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified Living under the Living Building Challenge:
0 Square feet

Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified at each level under a rating system for design and construction used by an Established Green Building Council (GBC) :
Certified Floor Area
LEED BD+C Platinum or at the highest achievable level under another rating system 0 Square feet
LEED BD+C Gold or at the 2nd highest level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system 0 Square feet
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g. BREEAM, CASBEE, DGNB, Green Star) 0 Square feet
LEED BD+C Silver or at a step above minimum level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system 69,999.96 Square feet
LEED BD+C Certified or certified at minimum level under another GBC rating system 0 Square feet

Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a non-GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g. Green Globes NC, Certified Passive House):
0 Square feet

Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
21.47

If reporting certified projects, provide:

A brief description of the green building rating system(s) used and/or a list of certified buildings and ratings:
Certification and ratings follow LEED certification.

If reporting uncertified projects, provide:

Uncertified Projects 

Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space that is NOT certified, but that was designed and constructed in accordance with published green building guidelines and policies:
256,035.87 Square feet

If reporting published green building guidelines or policies, provide the following:

A copy of the green building guidelines or policies :
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The green building guidelines or policies:
The link attached below is the UM Systems building guidelines for various forms of construction conducted. There are specifications based on whether a project is a design-build, etc. https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/fa/facilities/guidelines/

Do the green building guidelines or policies cover the following?:
Yes or No
Impacts on the surrounding site (e.g. guidelines to reuse previously developed land, protect environmentally sensitive areas, and otherwise minimize site impacts) Yes
Energy consumption (e.g. policies requiring a minimum level of energy efficiency for buildings and their systems) Yes
Building-level energy metering Yes
Use of environmentally preferable materials (e.g. guidelines to minimize the life cycle impacts associated with building materials) No
Indoor environmental quality (i.e. guidelines to protect the health and comfort of building occupants) Yes
Water consumption (e.g. requiring minimum standards of efficiency for indoor and outdoor water use) No
Building-level water metering No

A brief description of the green building guidelines or policies and/or a list or sample of buildings covered:
Listed below are the buildings newly constructed or renovated in the last five years: Solar House #7 Energetics Explosives Research Facility University Commons Kennedy Experimental Mine Building Patio Restaurant Rolla Suites South Solar House #5 Hasselmann Alumni House Miner Dome Storage Salt Storage Building Grounds Equipment Storage Building Student Diversity, Outreach, & Women's Program Annex Solar House #6 Rolla Suites North McNutt Geothermal Plant Straumanis-James Geothermal Plant Bertelsmeyer Hall Out of the buildings listed above, only one building is LEED certified under LEED BD+C.

None
A brief description of how the institution ensures compliance with green building design and construction guidelines and policies:
It is required that every contractor must complete the Environmental Management General Awareness Training before performing any work on campus grounds. The overall purpose is to have compliance with Missouri S&T's Sustainability Policy and regulatory requirements. The three main requirements primarily focused on is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). Below is an attached link of Missouri S&T's Sustainability Policy. http://ems.mst.edu/sustainabilitypolicy/

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There are a couple things to make note of. For example, I have zero square footage under the criteria of building space certified under a non-GBC rating system. The square footage evaluated for the last five years have not been specifically rated under the Green Globes NC or Certified Passive House organization. Therefore, they are exempt. In addition, I have not included any of the solar house square footage. As far as I am concerned, the Department of Energy is not using the above classification for competition. Lastly, I have included Hasselmann Alumni House into the total square footage even though they are leased through the University. Also, for the percentage of certified projects, it did not allow me to edit the percent. However, I took the total square footage of certified projects and divided it by total square footage. I ended with 21.5% of on campus construction to be certified.

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