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8.15 Building Maintenance
Buildings designed and constructed to incorporate sustainable design criteria should minimize life cycle, energy, and maintenance costs through proper selection of forms, materials, and construction details.
Exterior materials that require painting should be avoided. Use
pre-finished or factory finished materials to avoid maintenance issues in
the future.
A building maintenance program needs to be set in place for each
facility. Warranties on items, such as roof, may be voided if
regular maintenance is not performed.
Sustainable Procurement Goal:
Ensure that all Departments of Defense (DOD) and Fort Carson
Procurement actions support sustainability by 2027. The desired end
state is that all forms of purchasing have best value considerations that
include sustainable principles. This goal was developed to address
not only sustainability, but also compliance. By purchasing products
that do not create compliance issues, Fort Carson can eliminate problems
resulting from spills, expensive tracking, and negative results from
compliance inspections. Furthermore Executive order 13101 requires
that purchases from federal installations become more
sustainable.
Sustainable purchases include products, materials, and services that
are less hazardous, do not cause material to be extracted or harvested in
ways that excessively damage ecosystems, are made from recycled materials,
are easily recycled, pollute less in their manufacture and use, and use
resources that quickly replenish themselves. The goal for
sustainable procurement supports the Zero Waste Goal by creating a demand
for recycled goods, thereby closing the circle of products.
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