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Leasing Specialist User Guide

This guide covers how the Sustainable Facilities Tool can assist you and your lessors in managing an environmentally friendly and compliant space. The SFTool can assist with the following responsibilities:
I. Fulfill Environmental Criteria II. Property Management
  • Adhering to and following any environmental regulations or guidelines
  • Promoting environmental consciousness to tenants to save on operation costs
  • Achieving attractive rates by choosing/creating a high-performance facility

I. Fulfill Environmental Criteria

"As a Leasing Specialist, I can help put in place contracts that ensure environmental criteria are upheld throughout the lease, thereby reducing financial and environmental strains on both the owner and the tenant."

Adhering to and following any environmental regulations or guidelines

  1. Find overviews of laws, Executive Orders, and the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildingsopens in new window
  2. Explore federal requirements as they pertain to specific system upgrades, such as lighting or wateropens in new window
  3. View language on Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements as they pertain to specific purchasesopens in new window

Promoting environmental consciousness to tenants to save on operation costs

  1. Financial impacts of building system upgradesopens in new window
  2. Compare materials on relative life cycle costs and environmental criteriaopens in new window
  3. Find sustainable products from the Green Procurement Compilation (GPC)opens in new window
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II. Property Management

"As a Leasing Specialist, I realize that there is a rising market demand for high performance buildings, which can result in greater occupancy rates and faster turnovers."

Achieving attractive rates by choosing/creating a high-performance facility

  1. Learn about the maintenance impacts of building system upgradesopens in new window
  2. Identify potential cost-effective facility upgradesopens in new window
  3. Learn about high-level sustainability topics, such as indoor environmental quality and plug loadsopens in new window
  4. View system bundling opportunities to achieve synergistic benefitsopens in new window
  5. Explore multiple office spaces to find specific high-performance tips and guidanceopens in new window
  6. Mitigate potential financial risks to the facility by conducting a resilience planning workshopopens in new window
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Community

Break down the silos!

As a Leasing Specialist, I don’t live or work in a bubble.

To deliver a successful project, I regularly work with a variety of professionals who would benefit from the value of the SFTool.

Integrative Design Process
Lessors Owners
Additional Tenants Facility Managers
Decision-makers Maintenance Personnel
Specialized Consultants Interior Designers

Learn more about the Integrative Design Process

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