RESET^® Air Projects

1. Why do a RESET Air Project

RESET Air establishes monitoring requirements and performance targets for healthy indoor air quality. RESET Air's requirements for continuous monitoring can be used to determine whether or not a space is healthy and can also help a project optimize the solutions to guarantee that it is healthy. With a focus on monitoring rather than specific solutions, this approach maximizes innovation and adaptation while reducing overall project costs.

The RESET framework brings buildings into the age of data. A building and an organization that understands data has significant benefits:

For more benefits, please go to RESET Project Benefits.

2. How RESET Air Works

RESET Air is designed to prioritize on-going results and long-term occupant health with a focus on the operational phase of the built environment. In the case of RESET Air, indoor air quality data is required to be continuously gathered through air quality monitors that measure the following parameters:

• Particulate Matter (PM2.5 in ug/m3)
• Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC in mg/m3, ug/m3 or ppb)
• Carbon Dioxide (CO2 in ppm)
• Temperature (in °C or °F)
• Relative Humidity (in %RH)

RESET Air employs a non-prescriptive approach for certification. Given the wide variety of space types occurring in the built environment and myriad ways occupants use these spaces, project teams must define and defend their calculation methodologies based on the individual project.

Below are summaries of the project accreditation requirements for the two project typologies:

At a Glance - Commercial Interiors

RESET Air for Commercial Interiors (CI) tracks and communicates the health performance of interiors to occupants. Commercial Interiors targets a section of the interior space and is a typology tailored for tenants or a partial owner of an indoor space.

Real-time results are used to attract and retain the best staff, reduce insurance premiums, increase occupancy rates and ensure occupants stay healthy.

Monitoring Requirements

1. Minimum of one space out of every regularly occupied space type.
2. 80% of occupants represented.
3. Monitor coverage not to exceed 500m2 in open areas.
4. Use of accredited hardware & software platforms.

Performance Requirements

Continuous monitoring of PM2.5, CO2, VOCs, RH and Temperature. Thresholds for PM2.5, CO2 & VOCs attained for 3 months consecutively.

Communication & Education

Performance results available to long-term project occupants on an ongoing basis, once performance thresholds are met.

Check out the RESET Air Project Process page or go download the pdf at the download section, 2.3 RESET Air Certification Process for Commercial Interiors.

At a Glance - Core & Shell

RESET Air for Core & Shell (CS) tracks and communicates the health performance of entire buildings to prospective tenants. Core & Shell targets the entire building and is a typology tailored for landlords and developers.

Real-time results helps owners attract better tenants, maintain asset value and reduce the potential liability associated with under-performing buildings.

Monitoring Requirements

1. Monitors installed post-filtration and post-mixing to monitor the air being delivered to occupants.
2. 30% of delivered air monitored.
3. Pairing with an outdoor air quality monitor, used to establish an outdoor baseline for comparison.
4. Use of accredited hardware & software platforms.

Performance Requirements

Continuous monitoring of PM2.5, CO2, VOCs, RH and Temperature. Thresholds for PM2.5, CO2 & VOCs attained for 3 months consecutively.

Communication & Education

Performance results available to long-term project occupants on an ongoing basis, once performance thresholds are met.

Check out the RESET Air Project Process page or go download the pdf at the download section, 2.5 RESET Air Certification Process for Core & Shell.

RESET can be applied to new or existing project typologies.

By separating Commercial Interiors and Core & Shell, RESET Air helps owners, operators, and tenants achieve healthy performance targets by clearly defining and communicating their respective roles and responsibilities.

3. Implementation and Considerations

Getting started with RESET Air is easy, low commitment, and low cost because it is only targeting continuous monitoring and data collection, not the solutions. Leveraging the data collected will allow projects to be able to find the best and most cost effective solution for the situation.

The general process for RESET Air projects can be broken down into the following four parts:

Plan and Select

As a performance-based standard, data quality is very important for RESET Air. For certification, RESET requires the use of accredited monitors, accredited data providers, in addition to installation and deployment requirements.

When pursuing project certification, a RESET AP is required. Therefore, it is recommended that a RESET AP is invited to participate with the planning and selecting.

Click here to browse through the directory of RESET Accredited Monitors and RESET Accredited Data Providers.

Install and Commission

To prepare for certification, monitors must be properly installed and commissioned. Make sure that network and connectivity is factored into consideration. Monitors must be connected to a data provider that can be properly configured to stream the data to the RESET Cloud for the provision of health and certification analytics.

Record & Certify

The audit process, which must be led by a RESET AP, involves a Documentation Audit, a Site Audit, and a Data Audit. For the Data Audit, projects must be within the performance targets during occupancy for PM2.5, TVOC, and CO2, for 3 consecutive months to pass.

Click here to browse through our list of RESET APs.

Re-certify

RESET Air Project Accreditation and Certification targets the operating phase of a project. That means that once a project has become initially certified, RESET continues to perform the Data Audit, maintaining a re-certifying status. Consistent poor performance can result in the loss of the project certification. Achieving and maintaining RESET Air Certification highlights the excellent facilities and operations team and demonstrates the space or building's commitment to the health of its occupants.

4. Accreditation Process

The RESET Air Standard highlights the requirements necessary for proper air quality monitoring, so simply leveraging the standard is a good way to get started. RESET also provides third-party project accreditation and certification services, so if a project wants to achieve certification status, it is possible to do so.

5. Pricing

Please click the link below to view Project Pricing information. The Project Pricing page includes:

1. Project Pricing Calculator
2. Pricing Comparison Table

6. Crosswalks

RESET Air has approved pathways, harmonizations, crosswalks and equivalencies with a host of other green building schemes and certification programs. To find out more, click the links below.

• WELL v2
• LBC
• LEED IAQ Innovation
• LEED O&M
• Fitwel
• GRESB (recognized as a green building certification in Appendix 5a - Building Certification Schemes)

7. FAQ and Relevant Links

Below is a link to the FAQ for the RESET Air Standard & Projects and a few other relevant links:

RESET Air FAQ

• FAQ - RESET Air Standard & Project

RESET Air Standard & Project Links

• RESET Air Standard
• RESET Air Projects
• RESET Air Projects Process
• Directory of RESET Projects

RESET AP Links

• RESET Accredited Professionals Introduction
• How to become a RESET AP
• Directory of RESET APs

RESET Data Provider Links

• RESET Data Providers Introduction
• How to become a RESET Accredited Data Provider
• Directory of RESET Accredited Data Providers

RESET Monitors Links

• RESET Monitors Introduction
• How to become a RESET Accredited Monitor
• Directory of RESET Air Accredited Monitors

If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at info[at]reset.build.