Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.22
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.39 / 5.00 Daniel Covington
Data Analyst and Office Administrator
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total floor area of existing building space:
14,526,905.18 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 2,839,839 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 2,839,839 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:
Since 2012, all buildings at UTK or UTIA have been required to be constructed and managed in accordance with the Tennessee High Performance Building Requirements (TN HPBr), formerly known as the State of Tennessee Sustainable Design Guidelines. The TN HPBr is a multi-attribute rating system that is comparable to LEED's O+M rating system. It is composed of six major sections: Land Management, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation in Design and Construction. Although the structure is slightly different, the HPBr contains many of the same requirements in its subsections that LEED does. Please, see the attached copy of the 2021 HPBr Checklist for a comparison to the LEED model.

Optional Fields 

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:
The total provided for "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 constructed or renovated to TN HPBr standards since 2012.

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