Look at your baseline furniture budget to determine how much reused furniture you need to incorporate into your project. Determine how much you want to spend on reused furniture, and what salvaged furniture is available. Go through the project’s preliminary budget and identify what needs you might be able to meet with donated, reused, or salvaged furniture. Does the cost value of these items add up to 30% of the furniture budget to earn one point?
Begin creating a baseline furniture budget. Even if you don’t know the actual furniture costs, it will be helpful to establish estimates at this stage. You can use a spreadsheet to help create the baseline budget and keep track of the environmentally beneficial properties of each budget item. (See the Documentation Toolkit.)
Confirm that lighting controls are included in the BAS and if not, assess the feasibility of expanding the BAS to include lighting or adding localized lighting controls.
Confirm that the HVAC-related BAS functions include monitoring the status of sensors and controlled devices, scheduling equipment, set points and setbacks, and trending equipment status.
