Determine the appropriate spaces to audit (such as offices, break rooms, and dining areas) and categorize the various spaces according to the APPA space types.
Your project team should submit manufacturer data for all equipment purchased during the performance period. Although you are not currently required to do so in the original submission, you may be asked to provide manufacturer’s data for all compliant equipment during the review process.
Be sure to track all equipment maintenance and repair activities during the performance period. Such activities include, but are not limited to, vacuum bag replacement, mechanical repairs, and cleaning the machines.
Since all equipment purchased during the performance period must comply with the associated criteria, make sure to track all equipment purchases throughout the performance period.
Your project team must obtain manufacturer data (through the supplier or your own research) demonstrating that your equipment complies with the equipment-specific standards listed in the LEED rating system. Just because the label says that cleaning equipment is “green,” ergonomic, or has safeguards that minimize damage to building surfaces, does not mean that the equipment meets all of the credit requirements.
Establish a purchasing goal, based on the details of your current inventory, to meet the 20% overall inventory requirement―so that you'll know exactly what purchases need to be made to meet the threshold.
By the end of the performance period, at least 20% (by cost or number of pieces) of all cleaning equipment used in your project building must comply with the rating system criteria.
