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Option 1. Develop a Standard Green Lease

Option 1 requires the development of a standard green lease that establishes tenant fit-out standards incorporating tenant requirements, aligned with the identified LEED prerequisites. For any spaces or systems intended to be fit-out by the project owner, teams must identify the standards for the future fit-out for any tenant-installed systems or spaces. Tenant fit-outs must comply with the following prerequisites:

• IPp1: Climate Resilience Assessment

• IPp2: Human Impact Assessment

• IPp3: Carbon Assessment

• WEp2: Minimum Water Efficiency

• EAp2: Minimum Energy Efficiency

• EAp3: Fundamental Commissioning

• EAp4: Energy Metering and Reporting

• MRp1: Planning for Zero Waste Operations

• EQp2: Fundamental Air Quality

Meeting these prerequisites is a critical first step toward achieving LEED certification, as they establish minimum performance levels that must be met. It also ensures that the needs identified in the assessments are carried out through operational strategies. Once you have addressed prerequisites, teams can exceed minimum requirements by incorporating additional best practices and innovative design strategies, thereby enhancing overall building sustainability.

Incorporate green lease documentation in future leases Owners must incorporate the green lease documentation into future tenant leases, including the criteria outlined in the standard green lease. Resources such as the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) 2020 document [11] and the BOMA International Green Lease Guide [12], offer detailed language examples and guidance for incorporating green clauses, operational procedures, and best practices.

11 Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), (2020), Green Lease language examples , imt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMT- Green-Lease-Language-Examples-January-2020.pdf. 12 Noonan, K. M., BOMA International, Teitelbaum, S. A., Boutwell, M. N., Brodsky, S., Conrad, E. A., Engstrom, S. E., Gill, M., Gin, F. K., Holcomb, C., Jonas, J. M., Mobilio, F., Moebius, W., Neff, S., O’Murray, C., Santamaria, C., Teitelbaum, S., Thalheimer, M., Wardle, G., … Zoccola, B. (2018), GREEN LEASE GUIDE, In D. Cloutier, L. M. Prats, & B. S. Walraven (Eds.), BOMA International, sustainablejersey.com/fileadmin/media/Actions_and_Certification/Actions/Energy/BOMA_2018_Green_Lease_Guide.pdf.

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