The certification mark, as intended to be used by authorized persons, is intended to certify that the certified party has met the certifier's mandatory requirements, which require the certified party to possess a standard operating procedures manual for its building, have a formal preventive maintenance program in place for its building, participate in the certifier's most recent information exchange report, and benchmark its building's energy performance against industry standards using the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star rating system, and to have obtained the minimum required score in the certifier's ratings procedures, which encompass six major components of building management, namely, building operations and management; safety, security and risk management; training and education; energy usage; environmental and sustainability considerations; and tenant relations and community involvement.