Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.54
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date March 2, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
OP-3: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Preston Jacobsen
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
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Does the institution have any building space certified under the following green building rating systems for existing buildings?:
Yes or No
LEED for Existing Buildings or another 4-tier rating system used by an Established Green Building Council (GBC) Yes
The DGNB system, Green Star Performance, or another 3-tier GBC rating system No
BREEAM-In Use, CASBEE for Existing Building, or another 5-tier GBC rating system No
Other non-GBC rating systems (e.g. BOMA BESt, Green Globes) No

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A brief description of the green building rating system(s) used and/or a list or sample of certified buildings and ratings:
Ayres Hall - LEED Certified Silver Student Health Clinic - LEED Silver Natalie L. Haslam Music Center - LEED Silver Joint Institute for Advanced Materials- LEED Silver Pending Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering & Computer Science - LEED Certified *Joint Institute for Neutron Science- LEED Certified Fred D. Brown Residence Hall- State Sustainability Standard University Center- State Sustainability Standard

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Total floor area of eligible building space (operations and maintenance):
1,151,654 Square feet

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Floor area of building space that is certified at each level under a 4-tier rating system for existing buildings used by an Established Green Building Council::
Certified Floor Area
Minimum Level (e.g. LEED Certified) 417,572 Square feet
3rd Highest Level (e.g. LEED Silver) 363,186 Square feet
2nd Highest Level (e.g. LEED Gold) ---
Highest Achievable Level (e.g. LEED Platinum) ---

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Floor area of building space that is certified at each level under a 3-tier rating system for existing buildings used by an Established Green Building Council::
Certified Floor Area
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Highest Achievable Level ---

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Floor area of building space that is certified at each level under a 5-tier rating system for existing buildings used by an Established Green Building Council::
Certified Floor Area
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Floor area of building space that is certified at any level under other green building rating systems for existing buildings:
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Floor area of building space that is maintained in accordance with formally adopted sustainable building operations and maintenance guidelines or policies, but NOT certified:
370,896 Square feet

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A copy of the sustainable building operations and maintenance guidelines or policies:
sustainable building policy - UT_2.pdf

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The date the guidelines or policies were formally adopted:
Sept. 11, 2007

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A brief description of the sustainable building operations and maintenance program and/or a list or sample of buildings covered:
The Sustainable Building policy establishes the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system as the standard for new construction and major renovation projects at UT that cost more than $5 million. Under the policy, all such projects must be designed to meet the minimum requirements of LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations (LEED-NC). Small-scale renovations utilize the LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) rating system as applicable

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A brief description of how the institution ensures compliance with sustainable building operation and maintenance guidelines and policies:
"Architects, contractors, engineers, and all others involved with the building design process are expected to follow this policy. In addition to following LEED criteria, building planning teams should provide a building operation life cycle cost as early as possible in the design process to the Chancellor’s staff for review."

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The website URL where information about the institution’s certified buildings and/or sustainable operations and maintenance guidelines or policies is available:
http://environment.utk.edu/on-campus/buildings/

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