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Water Efficiency
Buildings are significant users of the Earth’s freshwater supply. The goal of a responsible building operator should be to encourage a sma...
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Space Reconfiguration and Renovation Projects
As needs change over time, tenants often need to convert space or phase the conversion of individual space or rooms to meet these changing needs....
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Building Systems Upgrades
This page details Sustainable Strategies to consider as your space undergoes a building system upgrade to improve energy, water use, and occupant co... -
Health
Good health has both physical and psychological components. Being healthy means the absence of disease and illness, as well as feeling posi...
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Under 10,000 SF Interiors Gut Rehab Project
This page provides Sustainable Strategies to consider as a space has or will undergo a major tenant gut rehab for projects under 10,000 SF.
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Building Operations and Maintenance Services
Follow these sustainable strategies as your space renovations are complete and the building and interiors are operated in an environmentally sustai... -
Policies & Strategies
This section is devoted to the broad policies and strategies covering the whole government or entire agencies, services or bureaus, which set the co... -
Circadian Light
Circadian rhythms are physiological processes that occur in the body approximately every 24-hours. Medical research has linked circadian disrup... -
Building Selection
A variety of physical building characteristics and operations policies should be evaluated for compliance with and support of the spaces’ heal...
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Microbial Cleaning Products: General Cleaners
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LED Fixtures with Integrated Controls
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Linear LED Lighting Retrofits
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LED Downlight Lamps for CFL Fixtures
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Whole Building Systems
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Water - Green Tips
Replace standard plumbing fixtures with high efficiency fixtures.
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Lighting - LED Downlight Lamps for CFL Fixtures
Finding: LED downlight lamps for existing CFL ballasts can produce energy savings between 40-50%, matching light levels and quality, and have a...
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Water - Plumbing Fixtures
High efficiency plumbing fixtures (toilets, urinals, faucets, and showers) can lead to significant water savings. FEMP BMP #6 gives some guidance on...
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Water - Fixture Performance
Water components can eventually drift out of spec and begin to not perform up to standards. Automatic sensor faucet valves, if not functioning prope...
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Water - Green Tips
Check faucet and fixture washers and gaskets for wear and replace them if necessary.
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Lighting - Green Tips Impact
Couple indirect and direct lighting fixtures to create a well-balanced illuminated work environment without uncomfortable shadows.
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Lighting - Example Survey Questions
Is there a planned schedule of cleaning light fixtures? Is there a group-relamping program?
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Water - Green Tips Behavior
Place placards or signs on water efficient plumbing fixtures and systems to highlight and remind occupants of their purpose.
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Water - LEED O+M: Existing Buildings (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) dedicates certification credits to reducing the b...
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Lighting - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
The lighting system is primarily addressed in the Energy and Indoor Environment categories of Green Globes for Existing Buildings. Incorporating hig...
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Water - Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings
Guiding Principle 3 addresses the need to "Protect and Conserve Water" in facilities indoors and outdoors as well as using alternative water sourc...
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Water - Case1
Finding: Plumbing fixture replacements yield a saving of over 25 million gallons or $271,000 annually, providing a payback of only three years.Scope...
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Water - Case5
Finding: Reduced plumbing fixture water use by thirty percent.Scope: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – BMP 6Source: http://energy.gov/sites/...
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Water - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Are there the following water-conserving fixtures: low flow toilets that use less than 1.5 GPF? Ultra low flush urinals that use less than 1.0 GPF? ...
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Lighting - Materials
Choosing lamps and fixtures with long lives not only saves on maintenance costs but reduces waste that might otherwise go to the landfill. LEDs cont...
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Water - Facility Manager
Facility managers have a unique opportunity to dramatically impact water use in existing buildings. By measuring and monitoring water use, evaluatin...
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Water - Occupant
The behavior and well-being of the intended users of the water system – the occupants – should be considered at the integrative table. W...
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Water - Plumbing Engineer
The plumbing engineer takes on the responsibility of ensuring that water, whether potable or non-potable, provides its intended benefit throughout t...
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Water - O&M
An environmentally conscious water upgrade can reduce potable water, wastewater discharge, and energy bills by lowering resource consumption. These ...
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Water - LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors (v4)
LEED for Interior Design & Construction (ID+C): Commercial Interiors employs a number of sustainable water system best practices in its certific...
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Water - LEED BD+C: New Construction (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Design and Construction (BD+C) addresses components of a sustainable water system ...
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Water - Occupant Behavior on Water Consumption
Occupants have a direct impact on water use and are key to a building’s water conservation program. Significant water can be wasted from occu...
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IEQ - Lighting Engineer
The lighting engineer, in cooperation with the rest of the integrative team, should ensure as much natural daylight permeates the space as possible....
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Lighting - Optimize Building Energy Efficiency
Some water system components, when bundled together, can significantly reduce overall building energy consumption as over eight percent of total ene...
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Water - Leaks
On average, ten percent of the total water supplied by utility companies is lost due to leakage within the building.1 Identifying leaks early preven...
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Planted Roof - System Bundling
Planted roofs have synergistic benefits that result in energy saving and stormwater management; they are an attractive alternative to traditional ro...
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Lighting - O&M
A lighting upgrade can cut energy bills, improve the look of a facility, and boost employee morale, but all those benefits can fade away if the new ...
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Water - Conservation Measures
Commercial buildings have significant opportunities to conserve the quantity of water needed for daily operations through thoughtful design of the b...
Materials
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High-Efficiency Faucet
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High-Efficiency Urinal (HEU)
High-Efficiency urinals have a maximum water use of 0.125 gallons per flush (gpf) (1 pint per flush). Also included are waterless urinals which ... -
Low-Flow Toilets
Low-flow toilets are based upon the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992) and use 1.6 or less gallons of water per flush (gpf). Relative to... -
High-Efficiency Shower
High-Efficiency showerheads are those that use 2.0 or less gallons of water per minute gpm. -
High-Efficiency Toilets
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Conventional Toilets
Conventional toilets are those that pre-date Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992) and use 3.5 or more gallons of water per flush. -
Pressure-Assisted Toilets
Pressure-assisted toilets use the pressure from the main water line to more efficiently empty the bowl and use less water. -
Low-Flow Faucet
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Metering / Sensor-operated
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Conventional Shower
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Waterless Urinal
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Low-Flow Urinal
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Direct Down Lighting
Direct down lighting with 2-by-4 or 2-by-2 fluorescent fixtures are common in office buildings and are usually recessed into a dropped ceiling. The... -
Low-Flow Shower
Low-Flow showerheads are based upon the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992) and use 2.5 gallons of water per minute gpm. Relative to earlier ... -
Low-flow Faucet
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Decorative / Accent Lighting
Decorative / accent lighting is designed to illuminate special architectural features or artwork. Decorative / accent lighting fixtures typically u... -
Overhead Direct / Indirect
A direct-indirect light fixture has down light passage areas in the bottom of the housing through which the direct lighting component is produced. ...