Prepared for Enterprise Community Partners

Enterprise Community Partners | 2GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Identify Maintenance Practices To “Green” Review key maintenance tasks identified in the beginning of class and discuss opportunities for greening these activities Complete Putting the Pieces Together Exercise 1 Exercise image to come

Enterprise Community Partners | 3GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Learning Objectives Identify 2 common management practices that could be “greener” Identify 3 green changes in unit turn over practices Identify 2 green changes for vendor specifications/contracts

Enterprise Community Partners | 4GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Green Additions 1.Check toilets, faucets, shower heads 2.Seal to prevent pest entry 3.Treat, if needed, boric acid and gels/bait for roaches 4.Look for air leakage & seal holes 5.Check for moisture problems and address 6.Check bath and kitchen fan functions 7.Paint: Low Voc, Greenseal 8.CFLs 9.Appliances: Energy Star 10.Green Cleaning: Greenseal, Ecologo or Dfe certified 11.Flooring: smooth and cleanable 12.Flooring: Green Criteria FloorScore, & Green Label Plus carpet Greening Unit Turn Over (Ex. PP1)

Enterprise Community Partners | 5GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together 1.Building Inspection 2.Work Order Requests 3.Unit Turnover Checklists 4.Appliances & Equipment: ENERGY STAR 5.Pest Control: Integrated Pest Management 6.Renovation: Lead Safe Work 7.Water Fixtures: EPA WaterSense toilets, showerheads, faucets 8.Flooring: Smooth & Green; FloorScore resilient flooring & Green Label Plus carpet 9.Painting: Lead Safe & Low VOC 10.Cabinets /Shelving: No urea formaldehyde 11.Green Cleaning: Use GreenSeal, Ecologo or Dfe 12.Resident Education Opportunities To Change Existing Practices

Enterprise Community Partners | 6GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Green Work Order Requests Review Putting the Pieces Together Exercise 2 Discuss ways to incorporate green actions into typical work order responses

Enterprise Community Partners | 7GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together New Opportunities For Greener Choices 1.Energy Benchmarking And Audits 2.Smoke Free Policy 3.Enhanced Ventilation 4.Water Conservation Upgrades 5.Energy Conservation/Envelope/Mechanical Improvements 6.Carbon monoxide – alarms, use combustion sealed & seal garage connections

Enterprise Community Partners | 8GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Changes In Contractor Specs Integrated Pest Management Lead Safe Renovation/Painting Compliance Flooring Painting Waste Management Cleaning – if subcontracted Laundry Vendors

Enterprise Community Partners | 9GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Changes In Staff Practices Integrated Pest Management Lead Safe Work Practices Green common repair jobs: toilets, showerheads, painting, etc. Smoke Free Policies Cleaning Unit Turnover Building Inspections

Enterprise Community Partners | 10GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Steps To A Green Management Plan Benchmark all energy and water usage –Set reduction goals Evaluate current practices and policies for green and healthy opportunities Identify the opportunities for energy, water and resource use reduction as well as increasing health and durability –Energy audits –Preventative maintenance plan

Enterprise Community Partners | 11GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Steps To A Green Management Plan Implement measures for energy, water and resource reduction and increased health and durability –Importance of construction management and training –Check for financial incentives –Change vendor contracts and policies –Change Operations and Maintenance Plan Continue to monitor performance through benchmarking –Verify cost, water and energy savings

Enterprise Community Partners | 12GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Putting the Pieces Together Review Learning Objectives Identify 2 common management practices that could be “greener” Identify 3 green changes in unit turn over practices Identify 2 green changes for vendor specifications/contracts