TO: Clients and Owners of Certified Green Buildings in EHS Jurisdiction.
SUBJECT: Green Building Projects – “OPERATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY”
DATE: 13 September 2011
Greetings from EHS!
We would like to draw your attention to the EHS Mandatory regulatory requirements pertaining to the performance of the Green Buildings that have satisfactorily completed the certification process. This is widely referred to as “Operational Sustainability” of the certified building.
Besides the benefits to the Environment, Green Buildings offer significant benefits to the owners in terms of reduced utility bills and operational expenses. EHS strongly believes that the clients can derive the benefit of a Green Building ONLY if the buildings perform Green. This is ascertained by the mechanism called Measurement and Verification.
The goals of the Measurement and Verification plan are to
1. Document the performance of the energy and water saving functions incorporated into the project and to demonstrate it meets the requirements for LEED NC EA Credit 5
2. To help the Owner / Client maintain the system per...