September 5, 2008—LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Reference Guide is now available for purchase at the US Green Building Council store.
The guide provides a tool for building owners, managers and practitioners to maximize the operational efficiency of their buildings, while minimizing environmental impacts, says the USGBC.
The introduction contains information on recertification, performance period, exemplary performance, multi-tenant issues and more. This reference guide provides a section overview for each credit category, the number of points per credit, summaries of referenced standards, recommended operational strategies and technologies, potential design synergies and trade-offs, submittal documentation lists, calculation methods and formulas, environmental and economic issues, resources, definitions, and case studies.
