CE0.4: Resident Education

Requirement

Purpose

Improve the performance of the community and buildings.

Criteria

Create a program to educate residents about the environmental features of the community and residential units.

Program should be added to homeowner and/or renter manuals. It must review the residents’ responsibilities in maintaining and operating the units and identify any community features that require ongoing maintenance.

This program must involve a walkthrough of a unit.

Additional Resources

EarthCraft has a template homeowner’s guide available for download at http://www.earthcraft.org/

Verification

• Narrative describing the program that includes information about the persons who will provide the resident education and how the project is ensuring the resident education protocol will be followed (agreement with property management company, realtor agreements, etc.)
• Copy of the homeowners and/or renters manuals clearly educating residents about the unique green features of their community and unit.