Thursday, December 17, 2009
1 p.m. Eastern

When determining how best to incorporate green measures into operations and maintenance practices, you must consider energy, water, materials, waste, and indoor environmental quality.

Not coincidentally, these are also the major categories addressed in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance rating system.

This free, 75-minute Webcast will show you how to use LEED-EB: O&M to create a holistic sustainability plan, and to how to measure and benchmark building performance. You’ll also learn what kinds of energy and water savings are possible when you use particular strategies.

This Webcast, featuring Laurie Gilmer of Facility Engineering Associates and moderated by Greg Zimmerman, executive editor of Building Operating Management, will demonstrate how to use the LEED-EB: O&M as an instrument for developing a sustainable facility management plan.

Key topics include:

• Using Energy Star to benchmark a facility's energy use
• How to forecast achievable cost savings
• How to measure, benchmark and improve

Trade Press Media Group is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.