Minnesota building projects are required to comply with the B3 Guidelines if they are funded in a Capital Investment Bill.
The creation of the program is included in Minnesota state statute, but the statutes have not been updated to include the management, training, and other elements for project and program success. This report was created by the Center for Sustainable Building Research (CSBR) for the Department of Administration. It outlines a series of recommendations based on program experience, stakeholder feedback, and goals from the legislature. Recommendations include updating the goals of the program, clearly defining the applicability of B3 guidelines to projects, developing process improvements for compliance review, training stakeholders in the variety of roles and responsibilities they have on projects, defining the administration of the program, and provide resources and support required for successful implementation.
CSBR Lead / Co-leaders:
- Richard Graves, FAIA, Director, CSBR
- Patrick Smith, Senior Research Fellow, CSBR
- Elizabeth Kutschke, Research Fellow, CSBR
Partners:
- Becky Alexander, AIA, Senior Researcher, LHB
