Procurement staff can develop a list of ongoing consumables approved for purchase by researching new products to verify their efficacy. Require approval for purchase of any products not on the list. 

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Procurement staff can develop a list of ongoing consumables approved for purchase by researching new products to verify their efficacy. Require approval for purchase of any products not on the list. 

For products you purchase that don’t meet sustainability criteria, collaborate with purchasers and vendors to identify substitutes, and create a preferred products list.

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For products you purchase that don’t meet sustainability criteria, collaborate with purchasers and vendors to identify substitutes, and create a preferred products list.

Use your project’s EPP policy to establish a purchasing program for ongoing consumables and set environmental purchasing goals for these products. Procurement goals should be reflected in the EPP policy developed for MRp1: Sustainable Purchasing Policy.

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Use your project’s EPP policy to establish a purchasing program for ongoing consumables and set environmental purchasing goals for these products. Procurement goals should be reflected in the EPP policy developed for MRp1: Sustainable Purchasing Policy.

Walking paths require cleaning, good drainage and snow removal throughout the year. Include the maintenance in the facility operations plan to ensure that the paths are always accessible to students.

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Walking paths require cleaning, good drainage and snow removal throughout the year. Include the maintenance in the facility operations plan to ensure that the paths are always accessible to students.

To meet goals for this credit, start by assessing your most regular, or largest budgeted, ongoing consumable product purchases. For example, most office buildings spend a large portion of their ongoing consumables budget on paper products, so this is a go

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To meet goals for this credit, start by assessing your most regular, or largest budgeted, ongoing consumable product purchases. For example, most office buildings spend a large portion of their ongoing consumables budget on paper products, so this is a good area to focus on switching to environmental purchases.

Consider providing building occupants with information about public transportation options in the vicinity and instituting programs that promote their use, such as subsidized passes or other financial incentives. This could be part of a wider transportati

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Consider providing building occupants with information about public transportation options in the vicinity and instituting programs that promote their use, such as subsidized passes or other financial incentives. This could be part of a wider transportation management plan, which is one available strategy for gaining an Exemplary Performance point under IDc1. To meet this ID point, project teams would have to institute a Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan that promotes the use of alternate transportation and limits the use of personal vehicles.

Although not required, other additional ongoing consumables to consider tracking for this credit include:disposable cafeteria flatware,plates, and cups,packaging and shipping supplies,bathroom supplies,kitchen supplies,and any other ongoing consumable tha

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Although not required, other additional ongoing consumables to consider tracking for this credit include:

disposable cafeteria flatware,
plates, and cups,
packaging and shipping supplies,
kitchen supplies,
and any other ongoing consumable that is specific to your project building.

Ongoing consumables for this credit include, at a minimum, these low-cost items:paper (printing and copy paper, notebooks, notepads, envelopes),toner cartridges,binders,batteries,and desk accessories.

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Ongoing consumables for this credit include, at a minimum, these low-cost items:

paper (printing and copy paper, notebooks, notepads, envelopes),
toner cartridges,
binders,
batteries,
and desk accessories.

To start your tracking plan, make a list of the ongoing consumables purchased in the building (and if possible estimate the dollar amounts spent on each—you will have give detailed cost during the performance period. Estimating cost at this early phase wi

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To start your tracking plan, make a list of the ongoing consumables purchased in the building and, if possible, estimate the dollar amounts spent on each. You will have to track actual costs during the performance period, but estimating cost at this early phase will help inform you of where the most money is spent and where you should focus your procurement efforts.

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