THE STATE OF FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITY

We are all facing an array of "green initiatives" related to our facilities and facility operations. How do you stand on adopting sustainable building practices and addressing sustainability across your facilities portfolio?

Your participation in this survey will be used to draft a baseline on sustainability activity that will be shared with anyone who participates and allow us to encourage discussion on the issues we face. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete this questionnaire.

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1. Does your organization have an adopted standard for the level of sustainability of your facilities or facilities operations? show/hide

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Yes No

2. What determines the sustainable practices/standards that you implement at your facilities? (Please check all that apply) show/hide

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Organization policy/Executive Order
Adopted standard (e.g. ISO)
National regulation
State/Provincial regulation
Local regulation
Voluntary certification level
Other (describe below)

3. To what degree are the following sustainability rating systems, programs, and standards used at your organization? show/hide

Please use the following for use of service ratings in this question:
1 = Not aware of this program,
2 = Aware of it but do not use,
3 = Being considered or in trial,
4 = Have used at one or more buildings,
5 = Adopted and used regularly at 1 or more buildings

	Use of Service
	1	2	3	4	5	NA
BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
Building Environmental Assessment Method (BEAM)
Cleaning Industry Management Standard-Green Building (CIMS-GB)
Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE)
Cradle to Cradle
Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health (EEWH)
Energy Star
German Sustainable Building Certificate
Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB)
Green Building Certification System (GBCS)
Green Building Standard Sl-5281
Green Globes
Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA)
Green Seal
Green Star Australia
Haute Qualitu00e9 Environnementale (HQE)
Indian Green Building Council
ISO (any such as 14000, 20121, 20400, 21930)
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED (R))
Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB)
Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)
WELL Building Standard
Zero Waste
Other (List below any used at one or more buildings)

4. To what degree do you measure and manage your usage of the following? show/hide

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Please use the following for use of service ratings in this question:
1 = Do not measure/manage,
2 = Measure and report usage/activity annually,
3 = Measure regularly and manage somewhat,
4 = Have formal goals for usage/management,
5 = Monitor usage and actively manage

	Use of Service
	1	2	3	4	5	NA
Energy Usage (by/at facilities)
Water Usage (by/at facilities)
Chemical Usage (by facility operations)
Recycling/Composting (waste stream management)
Indoor Air Quality
Integrated Pest Management
Commuting/Transportation

5. Who is responsible for setting direction, providing technical expertise, and reporting on facility-related sustainability measures in your organization? show/hide

The direction (requirements) are set by:

Expertise is largely the responsibility of:

Tracking and reporting metrics is primarily by:

6. Where do you get your information about sustainability topics? (Please check all that apply) show/hide

FM association publications & meetings
Green association publication & meetings
Conferences on specific topics
Sustainability educational programs (e.g. college/CEU program)
Other (Describe below)

7. What are the anticipated areas of concern or new issues that you expect to face in the near future related to sustainability? show/hide

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8. Some information about you: show/hide

This information will be used to identify patterns by industry, geography, and organization size. What is your industry (select best answer)?

Where are the majority of your facilities?

How many facilities does your organization have/manage?

What is the total area under management?

Check the organizations to which you belong:

AFE
APPA
BOMA
GlobalFM
IFMA
NASFA
RICS

Your survey results are confidential. If you would like a copy of the survey results, we need your email address. Your Email Address (optional)

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Instructions

Please rate your level of satisfaction and importance for each item by clicking the appropriate circle.

Satisfaction
1= Extremely Dissatisfied
5= Extremely Satisfied

Importance
1= Extremely Unimportant
5= Extremely Important

Ratings
1= Extremely Unlikely
5= Very Likely

Use of Service
1= Extremely Unlikely
5= Very Likely

If you have no opinion or no experience with the item, click NA.