Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.29
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date Feb. 17, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.92 / 5.00 Ezra Small
Sustainability Manager
Physical Plant
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Total floor area of existing building space:
13,240,321.12 Square feet

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 12,703,258 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 12,703,258 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:
0

A brief description of the sustainable operations and maintenance policy/program and/or O+M rating system(s) used:
UMass operates all occupied buildings and spaces on the main Amherst campus with a set of comprehensive programs relating to energy management, IAQ, green cleaning, and IPM (multi-attribute). See attached document for details.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Total SF used for this credit entails all buildings across the entire Commonwealth that is UMass affiliated minus leased buildings.

Total SF that is operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system includes all buildings on main campus (Amherst/Hadley) minus buildings on other satellite campuses/properties and leased buildings.

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