Tennant
Helps Target Field Gain LEED "Innovation in Design Credit"
The USGBC awarded
Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, LEED existing building Silver
Certification (LEED EBOM). Tennant helped them earn this recognition in
two ways.
First, Target Field installed an Orbio® 5000‑Sc in April
2010. We wrote an Innovation in Design” credit request based on the reduced
environmental and health impacts, as documented in the LCA, that result from
using Orbio 5000‑Sc cleaning solution to replace several general purpose
cleaning chemicals. This was granted, which earned a full point towards
their silver certification. The significance of this is the use of Orbio
5000‑Sc cleaning solution to replace daily general purpose cleaners in its self
earns a point. Whereas the purchase of cleaning equipment only contributes
toward earning a point, explained below.
This “Innovation in
Design”credit is now in the USGBC’s library of credits and can be referenced
and used by other facilities pursuing LEED existing building
certification. If you have a potential Orbio 5000‑Sc customer who is
pursuing LEED existing building certification, make them aware that an
innovation credit is available. It will help them earn certification or
perhaps even advance them to the next level. I have attached a template
you can use with your customers and the LEED Accredited Professional managing the
certification application.
The second way Tennant helped Target Field earn Silver
Certification is through their use of several models of Tennant equipment to
clean the facility and grounds. Most of these meet the “Green Cleaning –
Sustainable Cleaning Equipment” credit's criteria (EQ 3.4, attached). So,
they easily satisfied the metric that 20 percent of all equipment must meet the
credit’s requirements to earn a point. It is important to note that
the purchase and use of our equipment only contributes to meeting the credit’s
20 percent threshold; no one machine earns a credit.
I have a strategy for
extending the Orbio 5000‑Sc existing building innovation credit to new
construction, retail, and healthcare certifications. It will require
slightly different performance metrics. We need a project to apply for
the “Innovation in Design”credit review. If you have a potential Orbio
5000‑Sc customer who is also pursuing LEED certification in new construction,
retail, or healthcare, please give me a call. I will work with the
facility and LEED AP to develop the credit request. Once we earn an
innovation design credit in one of these areas, the credit will then be
available to any future application in all of these categories.
Finally, the USGBC is
in the process of revising all LEED categories in 2012. We are working
closely with them to rewrite the cleaning chemicals and equipment credits for
clarity and to include electrically activated water technologies, e.g. ec-H2O™
and Orbio 5000‑Sc, in the mainstream credits. More on this in 2012.
Posted by: Ernie at Lamers Enterprise
