16 Best Practices for Sustainable Operations & Maintenance

Program Details

Heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and irrigation are among the many types of building operating systems necessary to help ensure occupant comfort, safety, and wellbeing.

Learn how 16 best practices for sustainable operations and maintenance function as a set of industry standards that, when implemented, result directly in performance improvements for building operations including:

• Reduced energy and water consumption

• Increased waste diversion rates

• Reduced operational costs

• Improved indoor air quality, occupant comfort, human health, and wellbeing

• Reduced environmental impacts caused by transportation

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions

The 16 best practices are cost effective and can be implemented in all building types (except single-family residential) regardless of their current level of performance. The tools and resources provided empower participants to deliver measurable financial and environmental results. Participants are guided to create mechanisms for continuous improvement of operations performance too.

Learn

After successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the concept of sustainability and explain why sustainable practices are advantageous to your facility.
2. Determine sustainability projects that will benefit your facility.
3. Give examples of resources for funding sustainability projects.
4. Identify potential challenges in implementing sustainability projects.

Earn

Certifications: This course has been approved for continuing education by GBCI for 3 General CE hours.
Course ID#: 0920029002

Date, Time, and Location

This training is an online training that will take place on Zoom. Training will begin at 9 am EST and end at 12:30 pm EST each day.