Exterior Maintenance Plan

An exterior maintenance and cleaning plan supports the quality of the project and the surrounding area, contributing to increased perceptions of safety, physical activity, and feelings of well-being.

For full strategy and documentation requirements, please refer to the digital scorecard made available on the Fitwel Platform. 

Strategy Insights

• For “cleaning of albedo surfaces to maintain optimal reflectiveness,” please note:
  • Projects must at least detail the types of high-albedo surfaces included in the maintenance plan (e.g., light-colored pavement on walking trails, playground ground surfaces, light-colored driveways, streets, or parking, outdoor plazas, light-colored shared rooftop amenities, etc.) and must specify that they are cleaning such surfaces in a way that makes them stay lighter (which is to “maintain optimal reflectiveness,” e.g., powerwash, blowing dust from the light-colored surface, etc.).
  • Following this logic, litter pickup is not enough for projects to display that they are properly cleaning high-albedo surfaces.
• Outdoor furniture and infrastructure may include benches, seating, picnic tables, playground equipment, etc.

Documentation Guidance

• For multi-tenant projects, the official statement must detail how the plan is shared. 
• Include a full official plan (or a full draft plan for the Design pathway) that outlines all pieces from the strategy requirements with additional details as they apply to the project. Please note that a summary or an official statement alone cannot qualify.

Sample Documentation

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