Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	66.97
Liaison	Teddy Lhoutellier
Submission Date	March 13, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

University of Miami
OP-3: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.85 / 5.00	Teddy Lhoutellier Sustainability Manager Environmental Health and Safety

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Total floor area of building space:

9,936,736 Square feet

O+M Certified Space

Building space must be certified under a rating system focusing on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g. LEED O+M) to count as certified space for this credit. Sustainability in new construction and major renovation projects (e.g. LEED BD+C certification) is covered in the Building Design and Construction credit.

Floor area of building space that is certified at each level under a green building rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings used by an Established Green Building Council:

	Certified Floor Area
LEED O+M Platinum or the highest achievable level under another GBC rating system	0 Square feet
LEED O+M Gold or 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 (e.g. BREEAM-In Use, CASBEE for Existing Buildings, DGNB, Green Star Performance)	0 Square feet
LEED O+M Silver or at a step above minimum level under another 4 -or 5–tier GBC rating system	0 Square feet
LEED O+M Certified or certified at minimum level under another GBC rating system	0 Square feet

Floor area of building space that is certified under a non-GBC rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings, e.g. BOMA BESt, Green Globes CIEB:

674,723.58 Square feet

Percentage of building space certified under a green building rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:

6.79

If reporting certified space, provide:

A brief description of the green building rating system(s) used and/or a list or sample of certified buildings and ratings:

The Energy Star Rating system ask for each building to use 35% less energy than other similar type of buildings in the US. Energy Star: Gables One Tower; Don Soffer Clinical Research Building

If reporting uncertified space, provide the following:

Uncertified Space

Indoor Air Quality Management

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with a published indoor air quality (IAQ) management policy or protocol? (0-100):

100

A copy of the IAQ management policy or protocol:

IAir Quality EHS STARS policy_1.pdf

The website URL where the IAQ policy/protocol may be found:

https://miamiedu.sharepoint.com/sites/bf/Pages/Real-Estate-and-Facilities-Policies.aspx

Green Cleaning

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with a published green cleaning policy, program or contract ? (0-100):

A copy or the green cleaning policy:

GCA Green cleaning.pdf

A brief description of how green cleaning is incorporated into cleaning contracts:

No specific policy for green cleaning, even though our contractor uses its Green Cleaning guidelines in 60% of our buildings

Energy Management and Benchmarking

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with an energy management or benchmarking program? (0-100):

100

A brief description of the energy management or benchmarking program:

A 3-month analysis of Electricity and Natural Gas consumption is done, which is compared to the same period of time (3-months) of the previous year. A threshold of +/-10% is set, and any variances greater of less than this is investigated for their variance drivers. Specific to the School of Medicine campus: All buildings are currently supplied with 40-41F chill water that provide indoor air RH levels below 60%. The majority of our facilities are wet lab type facilities with outdoor air (OA) requirements ranging for 60%-100%. Most of the areas require 6 air exchanges driven by laboratory fume hood volumes or vivarium where air exchange rates range between 10 and 12 per hour. At the moment Energy Use Intensity is tracked since 2013 for bench marking purposes. Overall $/ton-hour is tracked at the district cooling facility daily as well as Kw/ton efficiency.

Water Management and Benchmarking

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with a water management or benchmarking program? (0-100):

100

A brief description of the water management or benchmarking program:

A 3-month analysis of water consumption is done, which is compared to the same period of time (3-months) of the previous year. A threshold of +/-10% is set, and any variances greater of less than this is investigated for their respective variance drivers Monthly water consumption is tracked using our ECOVA billing platform and notification services. Higher than average consumption is reported to management when meter readings exceed 10% percent above prior years readings.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://fo.fop.miami.edu/about/our-team/our-zones-and-shops/coral-gables/energy-management/index.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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