Track performance whenever less-than-full adoption of any environmental best management practice occurs. 

Review all proposed activities before implementation to ensure an effective and coordinated effort, particularly if several vendors are engaged simultaneously in various components of the plan.

Have a designated staff person review all vendor practices and products annually or prior to contract renewal. Identify opportunities for improve programs covered under SSc3 and expand the environmental best practices employed at your facility.

The staff person responsible for overseeing the comprehensive plan communicates regularly with all service providers and conducts routine site inspections and evaluations to ensure that the plan is in place and functioning as intended.

Check for local or state incentives for water conservation, which can make this credit more feasible. Rebates are common. Also, some municipalities offer treated wastewater to buildings, which may be used for toilet flushing (although in most places it is restricted to landscape use). 

Do not submit service tickets in lieu of a pest management log, as they rarely include all the required information and are often illegible. Required information includes:

application date and time;
application manager;
location of application;
target pest;
the pesticide trade name and active ingredient;
the EPA registration number of the pesticide;
and documentation of whether the pesticide used qualifies as least-toxic.

A designated staff person should log all pest management activities. In the event that toxic pesticides must be administered, record how and when universal notification was provided. If all pertinent information is not properly documented, your credit application may be rejected. Use the log template provided in the Documentation Toolkit.

Vendors involved in various elements of the Plan carry out tasks according to their contracts and report all relevant activities to building management. 

Use the calculator built into the LEED Online credit form to help facilitate decision-making. Re-run comparisons between the baseline and design-case water budgets until the final selections of water fixtures and strategies have been made and the project’s water reduction goals are satisfied.  

Select water-efficient fixtures and strategies. Gather information on applicable fixtures, including manufacturer, model number, and flush or flow rates.