| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.14 |
| Liaison | Jeff Spoelstra |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Western Michigan University
OP-3: Building Operations and Maintenance
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.74 / 5.00 |
Devon
Miller Building Specialist Fm |
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Total floor area of building space:
7,101,683
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.
| 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:
0
Square feet
Percentage of building space certified under a green building rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:
0
If reporting certified space, provide:
WMU has three buildings that were certified under the USGBC Existing Building Rating System. The College of Health and Human Services is certified as Gold, the Chemistry building as Silver, and Brown Hall was certified. The certification on all of these buildings has lapsed, but we are exploring options for re-certification.
http://www.fm.wmich.edu/engineering/energy_management/leed_eb
If reporting uncertified space, provide the following:
Uncertified Space
Indoor Air Quality Management
47.40
A copy of the IAQ management policy or protocol:
The website URL where the IAQ policy/protocol may be found:
Green Cleaning
100
A copy or the green cleaning policy:
A brief description of how green cleaning is incorporated into cleaning contracts:
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Energy Management and Benchmarking
100
A brief description of the energy management or benchmarking program:
We have several channels that this data comes through. We aggregate this information into our Energy Management software (Energy CAP) that allows us to run reports for benchmarking, billing, and benchmarking
For the LEED building projects, we are required to share the energy data with the Green Building Certification Institute via Energy Star Portfolio Manager. We also have a continuous commissioning program, which utilizes software technology to continually monitor an existing building’s systems (i.e., chilled water plant, air handling units, pumps, etc.) to ensure they are being maintained and operated in accordance to the design intent of the building.
The initial pilot program included the complete building system (HVAC) for Heritage Hall, as well as 34 air handling units on the Niagara AX Server across campus (Faunce Student Services, Kohrman Hall, South Kohrman Hall, Sprau Tower, Student Recreation Center, Hall-Archer-Pickard East and West). This initial pilot was from May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018. The cost avoidance cost for tasks completed resulted in a simple pay back of 2 years. Based on the initial pilot, phase 2 of the program was renewed on May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019, which included the addition of the chilled water system at Miller Auditorium; chilled water system and five (5) air handling units at Schneider Hall; and complete building system (HVAC) at Valley Dining Center. Phase 3 of the program is scheduled to commence on May 1, 2019 through April 30, 2020, which will include the complete building system (HVAC) at Seelye Athletic Center, Brown Hall, Friedmann Hall, Chemistry Building, RCVA, Sangren Hall, and Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
SIEMENS WIN PM: Campus owned electric meters are integrated through the SIEMENS platform that is housed on a server at the Physical Plant. This trends energy, demand, power quality etc at 15 min intervals. This platform also provides monthly energy reports that are entered into Energy CAP.
Manual Readings: Meters that are not currently integrated thought the platforms above are read manually and entered into Energy CAP as monthly readings.
Water Management and Benchmarking
100
A brief description of the water management or benchmarking program:
Niagara R2 and AX: Campus owned steam and chilled water meters are integrated through our building automation platform. We typically trend chilled water and steam consumption at a daily interval and enter the monthly totals into Energy CAP.
Vendor Bills: Water/Sewer and Natural gas are received as monthly bills from the local utility and entered into Energy CAP.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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