Why BOMA BESt?
The industry standard and its benefits.
BOMA BESt Delivers Value
Once the information involved in a building’s application is verified by a third-party assessor and certification is issued, the BOMA BESt certification provides firms and their tenants with concrete proof of a commitment to the environment.
Going through the process and using BOMA BESt framework of best practices and the assessment tool helps owners and managers maintain standards of excellence that speak to environmentally aware tenants. The certification is an attractive value-add, and provides the tools and encourages them to expand their own waste and energy reduction efforts.
BOMA BESt Delivers Performance Improvement
Built on BOMA Go Green and Go Green Plus, BOMA BESt was developed with day-to-day operation standards in mind. All levels of BOMA BESt certification require following the minimum standard of the Go Green Best Practices. Companies following the best practices have become more aware of what actions they can take to reduce their environmental footprint.
Commercial building owners are seeing tremendous financial and tangible benefits. The BOMA Go Green Best Practices require energy and water audits, as well as plans or policies to reduce resource consumption. BOMA Go Green provides the consistent framework that managers can use to achieve financial returns. The Go Green Plus helps building owners draft comprehensive, realistic and long-term energy-use and waste-reduction action plans to establish a baseline and move forward with continual improvement. These elements of the BOMA BESt program help to drive measurable performance improvement.
BOMA BESt Delivers Education
The self-administered online assessment process supports team-building: building owners, managers, operators and tenants are brought together to share ideas and information, and find creative solutions. Going through the BOMA BESt certification process has helped many managers understand every element of their building and how it operates. BOMA BESt creates many teaching moments for building staff.
The program also addresses tenant communication and education. By educating tenants about environmental initiatives and results in the building, managers can maintain better relationships, and tenants are aware of opportunities they have to make a difference too.
BOMA BESt is the Industry Standard
BOMA BESt is comprised of the BOMA Go Green Best Practices and the Go Green Plus assessment, and has been the industry standard for environmental management in commercial buildings since 2005. The program is accessible to many types and sizes of buildings, and with four levels of certification, there is room for many more to start on their own paths to continual improvement.
