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Course: GFM 101 Fundamentals of Green Facilities Management > Section: GFM 101 Fundamentals of Green Facilities Management

Reading

Adaptability of Historic Structures Is Complicated (and Rewarding) Green Strategy

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Operating and maintaining historic structures must take into account the following factors:

- History.
- Significance of features.
- Original and later construction components and materials.
- Current or future (planned) use.
- Treatment objectives.
- Technical information about appropriate O&M processes and products.
- Specialized preservation skills training.

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, a set of federal guidelines, provide various levels of treatments that can be applied to historic structures and landscapes, such as reconstruction, restoration, preservation, and rehabilitation. Although no guidelines exist for O&M as a treatment category, there is much to be learned from a review of these standards for the treatment category that is most appropriate for a given structure. The treatment category is determined by the goals that the Owner has for the structure, whether for historical interpretation for the public, continued use as the original purpose for which it was built, or adaptively re-used for a different purpose. Within each treatment category there are guidelines that address issues such as protecting, maintaining, and repairing features. These will provide a strong basis for developing O&M requirements.

Web Resources:

Click here to download the Whole Building Design Guide – O&M for Historic Structures.
Click here to download the Whole Building Design Guide – Designing for the Changing Workplace.