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Article: Sustainability solutions: step one: LEED for existing buildings: operations and maintenance assessment process.(LEED EB: O&M)
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- Sustainable Facility
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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With so many existing buildings wasting energy, and poor indoor environmental quality contributing to employee productivity loss, why aren't more building owners and operators pursuing sustainable/green operations? Is it possible that they simply have not been presented with a comprehensive, yet simple, approach to make their buildings energy efficient, environmentally sensitive and productive places to work, live and/or play?
Fresh out of an extensive revision to the original document, file U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) green rating system for building owners and facility managers, Leadership in Energy and Environmental ...