Hi all
My project is LEED EBOM certified since 2010. In summer the current tenant are moving out and a new one will move in. The various maintenance management plans were developed as part of the certification and are based on how the current tenant manages the building, the tenat cares for the operation and maintenance of the building. Also, with the new tenants comes also a new AHU and new windows. When I read about recertification the performance period reaches from certification completed (the previously) until registration for recertification. But in our case that performance period is not interesting since new managemant plans will be deveoloped with the new tenant and new energy consuming system (AHU) and windows will be installed. With this information, would you say that a recertification would be efficient for us or should we just go for a regular EBOM certification?
Thankful for any thoughts!
Barry Giles
Founder & CEO, LEED Fellow, BREEAM FellowBuildingWise LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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January 27, 2014 - 10:36 am
Mathilda, Here the comment I just posted for Jaida on the Re-certification page: Jaida, great question because it really highlights the difference between BD&C thinking and EBOM concepts. The focus of a re-certification is to provide data to show how the building has been managed over the previous time based on the standards set at the initial certification. The new incoming tenant has no influence on that data...it should have already been compiled by the existing tenant. Examples are Energy Star, water meter readings, & purchasing records. The incoming tenant has two options: 1. To recert right now to benchmark the building as at the time they moved in. (Then they can make all the changes they like and recert again when they wish to do so...any time in the NEXT 5 years). 2. Do nothing right now but make the changes that they want to do...wait a year for those changes to have an effect...then recert. (All the policies and program changes will then have an effect that is measurable)