2009 LEED O&M Policies?

[michael333]

Hello,

Our company is pursuing certification under the 2009 LEED O&M umbrella. I need to write up policies (i.e., water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, indoor enviromental quality)that are required as part of the credit templates.

Does anyone know where I can find online sample policies, or policies, others have already written that I could use as examples to follow in writing them up for our building??

Any info that someone may give would be appreciated!

 

[ParadigmEnergy]

Hi michael333

I have done a little with LEED EBOM (facility GAP analysis not actual policy writing) and have the understanding that your policy is simply an internal directive telling your staff what to do when presented with an operational option.

So if it is purchasing cleaning supplies you have to reference the credit that has to do with cleaning supplies and reflect in your policy what LEED says is important.

You might want to have one paragraph intended for management that informs them about the intent of the policy and a second paragraph that communicates the directive of the policy. The directive has to be readily accessible by the users (e.g. cleaners).

I found an example from Harvard (

http://green.harvard.edu/theresource/leed-submit/nc/documents/blackst_id_greenclean.pdf)

that might be of use. The intro is, in my opinion, too academic and verbose. I would just make it efficient and concise. Managerial buy-in justifies the intent and reference to excerpts of the LEED manual in the appendix provides background.

If you have internal policy documents you can lift their tone of voice.