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_ ..--. ~} ~ - t~ ~aQ~:li{i CD ~ x ~ ` ~' ~'4 y ! ~`•~ ~ ~ ~'~ '' ~ ~v ~ ~ ~ ~~ i~ G .'~.~ ~, }~ ~( o rc `, r ~ y 'i ~ D mmitmenti~Tlie Parfne.~ : _ ;~' ; ~ ~ " .•. ~" : ~ ~=' .: ~~~`_ ' ro~giuzes that, aftbougli grecn buildin* u be Iughly pr~fitable (typically earning 20-40'/o g PS~~ ~n . $0.50-5.00 P~-tazc rates of rcturn), an ~nitiai mvestrnart of . . . . pGC square foot (depeadin8 upon the progratn, fa~7ity location, andiscope ~~f tbe `~gieen. . building measures) maY be requirod to score a medal lcvel LEEDT~ rating. The Partaer agrxs to allocate sufficie~at funds (or socut~e: t ~ u r d p a r t y. f n a n c~ n p,~ to `allow f o r t h e i n v e s t m~ n t` i n m e a s u r e s T_ , to med iffi c'Amnzitmeats tmder 6ii`s` ag~rce~ues~~`' . . . . ;~ ~ . 'J~ ~ - -. "-:~ , . _ . =_ _ , .~ - . :~. _ ~ .. E. Employee Educatlon. The Partner agras to`e,ducate its eznployces about the economic aad environmeatal a~dvantages of green build'mg, usirig U~GBC's ala~nic capy of the LEED'r'x workshop. In addition, to the ~xtcnt possiible and .consistent with the organization's policies, the Partn~r agrees to eacour~age employees to actively support the green building fimctions of the facility. F. Pablic Awareness. The partner agce~ to coop~ ~~ USGBC efforts to help raise public awareness of the Pilot Prograzn a~ad of the bes~efits of using LEEDTM in general, This could include the Partne~s preparation of case studies, adveatisements, and press releases and their d,istri~ution to the media, eanPloj+as, ~ustomers, a~ stockholdesa, ~other participant~, and ' p°~~ g~ T~ ~:~ m Pr~vuia inSomo~tion in the Evalnation Proboc~ol that will allow USGBC to cc~reate a c~se stndy by the end of this y~ear.' M~ ~ ~ Non-Endorsement The ~Partaer agrees that P~rtic,ipation in the Prugraa~ use of the USCTBC . ~ Y~ lo~ li ~~Y P~ ~Y ~ns to its p~rtic~ion ia the Program does~ not ~onstitute USGBCa ~ of the PmrtinGC for ~mg o~er tbaa its c~mmi~.to obtain a LEED'~rahng, . The Partner agrets that it will not imply other.wise in .any manaer. ... . ~ ~ Correspondenc~ The Paihier agc~ees to follow~the Communic~tions Protocol dcvelopod bY the USGBC tLat defines methods and means of oommuaicafion. ~in gGaeral, most official cornespondtnce will be handled with o-mail a~d attacliments. Adobe Ac~+obat fornnat will be uscd for laige doctmnents, aad the Pa~rbaer: shonld ~ the CbaaQpioa has tbis fe~ire on ~eir c~mput~es: If not already installed, Adobe Acrobat caa be downloaded for frx from www.adobe.com. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ L RePuJr~ing• The Partner agrees to submit electronic ProB~ss re~rts (files to be prov~dod by USGBC~ for the p~ot projoct f~cility. The Parmra. agrees to submit. repo~ts at least montbly, in order to establish .the ~Partae~~ acLievane~ts, ~~~e benefits of a grcen building approaah to Pai t~'s,maaa&~ ~~ otl~er staloeholda~ aad to inc~rease participatioa by otl~er.;organizatic~s in~thal.B,gp Cr~a g~ilding g~8 S3B~"` ,USC~C .. agrees to assist tha Partaerwith completing ~e~~ar~ae~'s first i~mplanes~tation.report,~:i~the Partaer requests. ~ Page 3