A BAS is the best approach

Buildings with a building automation system (BAS), or some level of existing outdoor airflow monitoring, have the best shot at this credit, which can help you to monitor and maintain adequate ventilation levels throughout the building. If your building does not have a BAS, compliance will be more challenging.

Policy into practice

You’ve already developed a waste management policy for ongoing consumables under MRp2; this credit involves implementing that policy. Remember that the category “ongoing consumables” refers to all goods with a low per-unit cost that are regularly used and replaced. This can include, but is not limited to: paper, toner cartridges, glass, metals, plastics, cardboard, batteries, and food waste.

Promote use of high efficiency vehicles

This credit is focused on limiting environmental impacts from automobile use. It targets commuting specifically, but also addresses company vehicle fleets, maintenance vehicles, and buses.

Projects that have substantial parking area may find the requirements of this credit to be low-hanging fruit, because they should easily be able to designate preferred parking for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles, which is one option. There are other options for compliance, all of varying difficulty and requiring varying levels of commitment from the project owner.

Promote use of high efficiency vehicles

This credit is focused on limiting environmental impacts from automobile use. It targets commuting specifically, but also addresses company vehicle fleets, maintenance vehicles, and buses.

Projects that have substantial parking area may find the requirements of this credit to be low-hanging fruit, because they should easily be able to designate preferred parking for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles, which is one option. There are other options for compliance, all of varying difficulty and requiring varying levels of commitment from the project owner.

Promote use of high-efficiency vehicles

This credit is focused on limiting environmental impacts from automobile use. It targets commuting specifically, but also addresses company vehicle fleets, maintenance vehicles, and buses.

If your project has substantial parking area, you may find the requirements of this credit to be low-hanging fruit, because you should easily be able to designate preferred parking for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles, which is one option. There are other options for compliance, all of varying difficulty and requiring varying levels of commitment from the project owner.

Plenty of options

This credit offers a variety of strategies for residential, non-residential and mixed use projects. These strategies help to reduce the number of cars on the road, cut down on the sprawl of parking facilities, and decrease the negative environmental impacts of parking infrastructure, including stormwater runoff and the urban heat island effect.