| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 64.54 |
| Liaison | Shane Stennes |
| Submission Date | Oct. 25, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
OP-3: Indoor Air Quality
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Shane
Stennes Director of Sustainability University Services |
Occupied building space covered by an indoor air quality plan, policy, and/or practices that include regular auditing or monitoring and a mechanism for occupants to register complaints :
Total occupied building space :
A brief description of the institution's indoor air quality plan, policy, and/or practices:
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities has a comprehensive Indoor Air Quality program, managed by the Dept of Environmental Health & Safety (DEHS) in partnership with Facilities Management (FM). The program has a major focus on preventing and responding to water infiltration from rain and other sources into buildings. There are protocols for water events involving DEHS evaluations and FM standard operating procedures. DEHS does not regularly audit the spaces but DEHS staff respond to concerns raised by staff and maintain standards for air quality. DEHS has lead a work group that wrote guidelines for managing water events in buildings. The program receives and responds to a variety of complaints from building occupants and tracks trends. There are smoke free polices enforced and selective areas designated fragrance-free. DEHS has in house capabilities to identify and assess fungal and mold contamination and FM has trained mold-abatement staff.
The website URL where information about the institution's indoor air quality initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Assignable Square Footage was utilized as the equivalent of occupied building space, as required by the credit.
Assignable Square Footage was utilized as the equivalent of occupied building space, as required by the credit.
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