| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.91 |
| Liaison | Elizabeth MacKenzie |
| Submission Date | June 25, 2024 |
University of Iowa
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.67 / 5.00 |
Emma
Duncan Grad Student Intern Office of Sustainability and the Environment |
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 feet |
| 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 feet |
| 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 feet |
| 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 feet |
| 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 feet |
| 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 feet |
| Operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system | 12,437,511 Square feet |
| Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system | 0 Square feet |
| Total | 12,437,511 Square feet |
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:
The University of Iowa manages building operation and maintenance using EnergyCAP, a Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) tool, and a Computerized Maintenance Management System (AiM). University Facilities Management (FM) uses a green cleaning program and has an IPM in place. This is a multi-attribute, sustainable management program not certified under an O+M rating system.
EnergyCAP ERP creates baselines and validates the data around energy use/waste, water use, chilled water use and makeup, spots peak demand periods, and pinpoints energy conservation opportunities. The ERP monitors the success of energy conservation measures by calculating continuous savings by comparing data to a normalized baseline.
Asset Optimization Services (AOS) is a newly formed team with a focus on total cost of ownership. This team supports the Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) program. FDD is a software tool used to proactively discover building system problems and identify optimization opportunities before they cause problems in campus buildings. FDD has prevented alarms, excessive waste of resources, occupant discomfort or system failure by identifying issues before they lead to those critical issues. FDD is currently active in 47 buildings and processes 100,000 data points registered every five minutes to perform more than 13,000 daily analyses.
The University (FM) utilizes AiM as our Computerized Maintenance Management System. All maintenance and operations work is managed through AiM. Every work order is prioritized and categorized based on criteria like, Safety, Environmental Impacts, Customer Impacts, Risk, Cost, Complexity. Work Orders are assigned based on priority and resources available at the time. Section 25 of the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) content of the University Design Standards details controls requirements for integration within the central Building Automation System.
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:
Regarding IAQ policy, each of the three groups who perform preventative maintenance were contacted, but only one responded. Their building space is kept to ASHRAE standards.
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