| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.37 |
| Liaison | Beth Klein |
| Submission Date | Feb. 5, 2025 |
State University of New York at Cortland
OP-2: Building Operations and Maintenance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.86 / 5.00 |
Matt
Brubaker Energy Manager Facilites Management |
2.1 Percentage of existing buildings managed for sustainability performance
Floor area of existing buildings managed under a green cleaning program:
Online location of the institution’s green cleaning policy:
Copy of the institution’s green cleaning policy:
Description of the institution’s certified green cleaning service:
In compliance with Executive Order 4 as well as Executive Order 22, SUNY Cortland integrates state Operations and Maintenance programs into our O&M programs. We do this through multiple efforts, including the adoption and use of low impact and safe green cleaning products that comply with the New York State guidelines.
Floor area of existing buildings individually assessed for energy performance:
Narrative outlining how building-level energy performance is assessed and how the results are used to improve performance:
SUNY Cortland utilizes building automation system and multiple electric sub-meters as well as natural gas utility meters that are all integrated into the Building Automation System dashboard for continuous energy monitoring. Coupling this robust data stream along with our Strategic Energy Management program works to monitor and take action to maintain energy performance on a regular basis.
Floor area of existing buildings individually assessed for indoor environmental quality (IEQ) performance:
Narrative outlining how building-level IEQ is assessed and how the results are used to improve performance:
Ongoing Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitoring is conducted during construction related activities and prior to building occupancy during building turn-over procedures. Additional IAQ auditing is conducted on a seasonal basis depending on building and occupancy. Audits are conducted by Energy Management Office, EH&S Office, and Facilities Operations and Services Maintenance Staff. Our main science facility, Bowers Hall, has a complete air volume and IAQ assessment conducted annually as part of the lab safety program overseen by Environmental Health and Safety Office (EH&S).
Floor area of existing buildings managed or individually assessed for water performance:
Online location of the institution’s minimum standards for water efficient fixtures, fittings, and equipment:
Copy of the institution’s minimum standards for water efficient fixtures, fittings, and equipment:
Narrative outlining how building-level water performance is assessed and how the results are used to improve performance:
SUNY Cortland maintains an internal list of water use fixture design criteria. These are shared with procurement staff, design professionals, and maintenance personnel to maintain facility performance over time. In 2021, SUNY Cortland completed a comprehensive audit of ALL residence hall facilities and kicked off our periodic maintenance program which contineus to today for maintaining water efficiency standards for our fixtures.
Building level water use is monitored at approximately 95% of the total campus facilities. The monitoring at those facilites occurs quarterly with review and reporting of water use from utility invoices for water and sanitayr. There is a review and audit procedures to monitor water use and corrective action is taken to address excessive water use when compared to ongoing annual totals as well as prior invoice period.
Of the 95% of campus facilities that are metered directly for water use by the local municipal water and sewer utility, about 25% of that building protfolio has water use integrated into the Building Automation System for real time / on-going water use monitoring.
Floor area of existing buildings third party certified to a green building standard:
List of the institution’s existing buildings and their green building certifications:
NOT APPLICABLE - Buildings that are LEED Certified under the BD&C Certification process include:
Glass Tower 2009 LEED Certified
Dragon Hall 2017 LEED Platinum
Student Life Center 2018 LEED Gold
Inventory of the institution’s existing buildings and their green building certifications:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following six figures:
Percentage of existing buildings assessed for energy performance:
Percentage of existing buildings assessed for IEQ performance:
Percentage of existing buildings managed or assessed for water performance:
Percentage of existing buildings third party certified to a green building standard:
Points earned for indicator OP 2.1:
Optional documentation
NOTE: While the existing buildings that are LEED Certfied under the BD&C (Building Design and Construction) certification process are only certified as new construction, they are NOT re-certified within the LEED O&M program.
For the campus, the three buildings that SUNY Cortland has that are LEED BD&C, they include:
Glass Tower 2009 LEED Certified
Dragon Hall 2017 LEED Platinum
Student Life Center 2018 LEED Gold
They equal 24,832.5 square meters or about 10% of our overall building gross square meter footprint.
Additional documentation for this credit:
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