| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.54 |
| Liaison | Elizabeth MacKenzie |
| Submission Date | Aug. 8, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Iowa
OP-1: Building Operations and Maintenance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.63 / 7.00 |
Liz
Christiansen Director Office of Sustainability |
Total building space that meets "Eligible Buildings Criteria":
Building space that is maintained in accordance with sustainable building operations and maintenance guidelines or policies but is NOT certified under LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M:
Building space that is LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M Certified :
Building space that is LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M Silver certified :
Building space that is LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M Gold certified :
Building space that is LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M Platinum certified :
The website URL where a copy of the institution's guidelines or policies for sustainable building operations and maintenance is available :
An electronic copy of the guidelines or policies:
The date(s) the policies or guidelines were adopted:
A brief description of how the institution ensures compliance with sustainable building operation and maintenance guidelines and policies:
The University of Iowa Facilities Management incorporates a “total cost of ownership” approach to selection of project equipment and materials. This approach includes a lifecycle cost analysis and the application of the triple bottom line and sustainability principles. The UI Facilities Management, through its physical asset management structure, incorporates sustainability into its practices, methods and procedures which are continually reviewed. Sustainability is at the core of the planning, design, construction, landscape management, custodial, building management, and utility management for the University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa Facilities Management team employs a unique physical asset management approach, or PAM, that is grounded in value-based collaboration and decision-making. This management model embodies the principles of sustainability by focusing on building resilience and managing risk through an interdependent support structure. The following value propositions provide the core of the PAM:
• Staff optimizes and configures the physical asset in a financially and functionally effective manner.
• Staff manages processes to ensure high-value investments in physical assets.
• Staff minimizes energy and utilities demands of the assets.
• Staff optimizes, in terms of both function and cost, the operation of the physical asset.
• Staff makes smart and timely decisions that extend the life of the asset.
• Staff manages the institutional risks and regulatory compliances associated with complex and valued assets.
A cross-functional and interdisciplinary team effort is required to execute each of the value propositions successfully. Through this structure a comprehensive application of the triple bottom line approach to modernization, planned maintenance, capital renewable and deferred maintenance programs is possible. The PAM is being used to institutionalize a technically-driven systems optimization model, based on continuous commissioning principles.
The names and certification levels of all buildings that are certified under LEED for Existing Buildings: O&M:
The names of all buildings operated and maintained in accordance with similar sustainable operations and maintenance guidelines and policies:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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