Provide building operators with access to BOMA’s BEEP (Building Energy Efficiency Program) training webinars to maintain regular and effective training for personnel responsible for daily building operations.
Review “15 O&M Best Practices for Energy-Efficient Buildings,” a helpful document published by Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI) to assist facility managers and building owners with basic energy-efficiency issues.
Be sure to perform measurements after twilight in the evening or before twilight in the morning, based on the U.S. Navy data (see Resources) for your location and testing date.
Replacement of high-wattage lamps with low-wattage, lower-lumen alternatives can eliminate the need for shielding to meet credit requirements. For instance, LED lighting that is less than 50 watts may be sufficient for directional lighting in exterior situations.
For buildings with exterior lighting that has appropriate shielding, it is probably simpler to show compliance with Option 2 than to perform the perimeter illumination measurements required for Option 3.
For multi-unit buildings, it may be most cost-effective for project teams to buy testing equipment, receive training, and perform the blower door testing in-house.
If local regulations exist but are not as stringent as LEED, the building smoking policy must comply with LEED standards in order to achieve the prerequisite.
Smokers may object to the decision to relocate smoking areas. Collaborating with occupants who smoke at the outset of this effort to hear their concerns and meet their needs as best as possible may ease this resistance.
