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Going Green Keeps You Ahead of the Game…..

Building Service Contractors offering green cleaning services to their clients can differentiate themselves from their competition.  This section of the site is designed to supplement the information under the YOUR EASY GUIDE TO GREEN tab of this website.

 

Green Certified Buildings - LEED

It is important for Building Service Contractors to understand green cleaning because the inevitable time is approaching where clients will start demanding the service.  In addition, green building certifications like LEED-EB for existing buildings now require green cleaning as a pre-requisite for becoming LEED-EB certified.

 

Gaining a better understanding of LEED-EB and the green cleaning requirements is an excellent place to start when considering adopting green cleaning programs for clients.

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a certification program for facilities that want to be certified “Green”.  The LEED-EB (Existing Building) program requires green cleaning practices to be in place prior to a facility to be eligible for LEED-EB Certification.

To learn more about the requirements under LEED-EB, follow this link https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3617

For a handy checklist that lists all the requirements under LEED follow this link:

https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3617

 

Green Certification of Your Cleaning Services…..

Green Seal had developed a standard that cleaning contractors or in house cleaning operations can utilize as a guide for implementing green cleaning into a facility.  Many of the steps found in YOUR EASY GUIDE TO GREEN will help meet many of the requirement of Green Seal GS-42 as well as LEED-EB.  To view the Green Seal Standard, Click HERE. http://www.greenseal.org/certification/cleaning_services_gs_42.pdf

 

Make it Easier 

Your Easy Guide to Green contains 6 basic steps for you to follow on the journey toward green cleaning.  Utilizing this simple formula will help you comply with the requirements of a green cleaining progam.