LEED for Existing Buildings Guide Available

Washington, DC, Sept. 4, 2008--LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Reference Guide is now available for purchase at the U.S. 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.

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.