Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.78
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date Feb. 10, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Morris
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 5.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Total floor area of existing building space:
993,292 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 0 Square feet
Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system
 993,292 Square feet
Total 993,292 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:

UMN Morris submits data to the State of Minnesota B3 (Building, Benchmarks and Beyond) Benchmarking System. Mostly, electrical data is supplied to this system. Our goal is to populate this database with building heating and cooling data over time. For example, you can see one of our buildings, Green Prairie Community Residence Hall was given an award and featured here: https://casestudies.b3mn.org/


Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

With regard to IAQ: The University of Minnesota-system has a comprehensive Indoor Air Quality program. At UMN Morris, this program is managed by the Dept of Environmental Health & Safety (DEHS) in collaboration with University Services and Facilities Management. 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. The program also receives and responds to a variety of complaints from building occupants and tracks trends. The link provided shows the training, information, and procedures that are based on materials prepared for use on University of Minnesota campuses. DEHS staff at UMM follow the protocols established by the U of M system.

We are using LEED to rate our buildings. We have two LEED Gold buildings. The Welcome Center (2012) and the Green Prairie Community (2014). Additionally, buildings that Morris constructs must meet the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines (B3) AND conform to the University of Minnesota Board Regents - Sustainability Policy.

Minnesota requires buildings to be built in accordance with the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines which is Minnesota's version of LEED.

We are required to submit data to the B3 database for public buildings in Minnesota.


With regard to IAQ: The University of Minnesota-system has a comprehensive Indoor Air Quality program. At UMN Morris, this program is managed by the Dept of Environmental Health & Safety (DEHS) in collaboration with University Services and Facilities Management. 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. The program also receives and responds to a variety of complaints from building occupants and tracks trends. The link provided shows the training, information, and procedures that are based on materials prepared for use on University of Minnesota campuses. DEHS staff at UMM follow the protocols established by the U of M system.

We are using LEED to rate our buildings. We have two LEED Gold buildings. The Welcome Center (2012) and the Green Prairie Community (2014). Additionally, buildings that Morris constructs must meet the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines (B3) AND conform to the University of Minnesota Board Regents - Sustainability Policy.

Minnesota requires buildings to be built in accordance with the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines which is Minnesota's version of LEED.

We are required to submit data to the B3 database for public buildings in Minnesota.

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