Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	61.04
Liaison	Tina Woolston
Submission Date	March 1, 2019
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Tufts University
OP-3: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.00 / 5.00	Shoshana Blank Education and Outreach Program Administrator Office of Sustainability

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Total floor area of building space:

5,590,361 Square feet

O+M Certified Space

Building space must be certified under a rating system focusing on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g. LEED O+M) to count as certified space for this credit. Sustainability in new construction and major renovation projects (e.g. LEED BD+C certification) is covered in the Building Design and Construction credit.

Floor area of building space that is certified at each level under a green building rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings used by an Established Green Building Council:

	Certified Floor Area
LEED O+M Platinum or the highest achievable level under another GBC rating system	0 Square feet
LEED O+M Gold or the 2nd highest level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system	0 Square feet
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier GBC rating system (e.g. BREEAM-In Use, CASBEE for Existing Buildings, DGNB, Green Star Performance)	0 Square feet
LEED O+M Silver or at a step above minimum level under another 4 -or 5–tier GBC rating system	0 Square feet
LEED O+M Certified or certified at minimum level under another GBC rating system	0 Square feet

Floor area of building space that is certified under a non-GBC rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings, e.g. BOMA BESt, Green Globes CIEB:

0 Square feet

Percentage of building space certified under a green building rating system for the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:

If reporting certified space, provide:

A brief description of the green building rating system(s) used and/or a list or sample of certified buildings and ratings:

N/A

If reporting uncertified space, provide the following:

Uncertified Space

Indoor Air Quality Management

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with a published indoor air quality (IAQ) management policy or protocol? (0-100):

100

A copy of the IAQ management policy or protocol:

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The website URL where the IAQ policy/protocol may be found:

http://publicsafety.tufts.edu/ehs/files/Tufts-University-IAQ-Assurance-Plan.pdf

Green Cleaning

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with a published green cleaning policy, program or contract ? (0-100):

100

A copy or the green cleaning policy:

OP-3 Green Cleaning Program.pdf

A brief description of how green cleaning is incorporated into cleaning contracts:

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Energy Management and Benchmarking

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with an energy management or benchmarking program? (0-100):

100

A brief description of the energy management or benchmarking program:

The university has invested in a utility bill management software that process 7000 bills and looks for anomalies and deviations that are investigated by the facilities teams to determine if there are opportunities to reduce waste and costs. The business operations team has created a Tableau based tool of our energy intensity based on utility bill meter data and the buildings physical address to begin to understand how and where we use the most energy

Water Management and Benchmarking

Of the institution's uncertified building space, what percentage of floor area is maintained in accordance with a water management or benchmarking program? (0-100):

100

A brief description of the water management or benchmarking program:

Tufts has broadened the analytics, accountability and transparency in its energy management program, which includes water management. We currently collect historical water consumption by building and by campus and use that as baseline to monitor and compare usage (Example of YoY water consumption report is attached). We are in the early stage of researching EnergyStar and other resources to develop an industry standard for water benchmarking. Tufts invested in EnelX utility bill management software a few years ago. This software identifies anomalies that cannot be detected by a plumber visiting and/or leaking equipment, which helps pinpoint water loss and excessive water costs. For example, if water usage has doubled this month compared to the same period last year, Tufts operations receive a water usage anomaly notification by email. Then, we analyze various factors that can lead to this deviation. In this initial investigation round, we look at current and previous occupancy usage, building status, seasonality, vacancy, site modification, billing accuracy and other causes. If initial investigation doesn’t yield a result, we communicate with respective departments for further investigation. Corrective actions/adjustments/improvements are implemented accordingly, and reports are sent out to campus managers periodically. In addition, the utility management software also interfaces with other system like Tableau to create visualization dashboards.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

YoY Water Consumption Report.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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