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ATTACHMENT A Summary of the Facility Management Division's Current Sustainable Building Operations and Maintenance Practices Green Building program consists of an integrated framework of design, construction, and operations practices that encompasses the environmental, economic, and social impacts of buildings. Green Building practices recognize the interdependence of the natural and built environments and seek to minimize the use of energy, water, and other natural resources and provide a healthy, productive indoor environment. The Facility Management Division has been implementing sustainable practices in many areas over the past several years, beginning with the Division's energy conservation program in 1995. Prior to evaluating potential for applying the LEED "Existing Buildings", or "EB", criteria to the City's building inventory, the Division needed to establish a baseline of current sustainable practices. The Division began reviewing current sustainability efforts related to facilities in mid-2004. The following outline lists the efforts already underway. Both in Facility Management and elsewhere in the City, at the time the Division began the LEED-EB assessment: Energy/Utilities Ongoing energy program has achieved 20%+ savings over 1995 baseline Monthly tracking of all utilities, including water and wastewater Reveals operating changes, malfunction and billing errors Maximizing use of solar hot water at 2 of the City's 3 pools Involvement in remodels and new construction design Optimize use of controls systems Holiday shutdowns Night flush cooling Materials Low VOC paints and finishes are standard Completed fluorescent lighting retrofits on 95% of our building area Tubular fluorescents lamps are low mercury All lighting products (including low mercury) are recycled Green seal approved cleaning and paper products used at most locations On-site paper, glass, metal and plastic recycling provided at most locations, and in process of expanding to all sites Automatic dispensing system for custodial cleaning chemicals Maintenance Proactive preventive maintenance program Extends life of equipment Saves energy by insuring the best operation of equipment Cold water, no detergents, run-off control used for exterior pressure wash Integrated pest management principles implemented Refrigerant use tracking system High efficiency equipment used when replacement is necessary L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041108\S041108B.doc