Are your donors asking about your sustainability initiatives? Are you seeking grants that have sustainability requirements? Have your employees encouraged your office to go to the next level with recycling, purchasing or carbon reporting? If so, we may be able to help.
Through Emerald Gives, we bring forward our core values by engaging with the community and its non-profit organizations in achieving sustainable results. One component of Emerald Gives is complimentary certification services - annually the Emerald team selects one organization to support in seeking a sustainable building certification.
The 2023 recipient will receive complimentary consulting services for the pursuit of LEED Certification under the LEED Operations and Maintenance for Existing Buildings rating system. This certification focuses on concepts such as:
- Indoor air quality
- Sustainable purchasing
- Green cleaning
- Human experience
- Ongoing recycling and waste management
- Energy and water efficiency
- Sustainable building and grounds maintenance
As a performance-based certification, points are awarded based upon reported data, measured by tools such as software, air testing, occupant surveys, and annual performance tracking. These measurements and strategies to address them are exactly what we will be aiding the building owners in executing.
The eligibility requirements are as follows:
- The selected organization must be a US Based 501 (c)(3) organization.
- The organization must own, and be the sole occupant of the selected building, that has been in service for a minimum of 12 consecutive months (including limited access during COVID).
- The building must be open to visitors/clients/students on a daily basis .
- The organization must be willing to pay related LEED registration and certification fees - which are based on SF ~$.040 /SF and Emerald can provide those details. These will be paid directly to the Green Building Council.
- The organization must be willing to engage in a social media campaign to promote their application - #EmeraldGives2023.
- The organization must be able to commit no later than February 1, 2023.
- The organization must be able to complete the work required for certification by August 1, 2023.
- The application must be received by November 1, 2022.
Applications are open to be our 2023 recipient! Deadline for Applications is 11/1/22.