Sustainability

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Sustainability General Information
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Impact of Commercial Buildings

• Buildings consume
• 40 of total energy
• 65 of total electricity
• 30 of raw materials
• 12 of potable water

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Organization Staff Impact

• Contaminants indoors can be two to five times
  worse than those outdoors.
• Asthma increased in young children by 160 since
  1980.
• Allergies impact over 20 of the population.

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• People on average spend 90 of their time
  indoors.
• Tighter buildings
• Poor air circulation
• More people in same space
• Improper cleaning can lead to lost
• productivity leading to more than
• 60 billion annually.

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U.S. Green Building Council
What is the USGBC? A leading national coalition
for producing a new generation of buildings that
deliver high performance inside and out. Its
mission To promotes the design, construction and
operation of environmentally responsible,
profitable, healthy facilities. Its
membership Has swelled to over 4,500 member
organizations, growing at a rate of almost 200
in the past two years.

• Microsoft
• National Geographic
• Pentagon
• Hewlett Packard

• Duke University
• Johnson Johnson
• Cambridge Memorial
• Johnson Diversey

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What is LEED-EB
The LEED Green Building Rating System is owned
and managed by the United States Green Building
Council. LEED stands for (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings)
It is a voluntary, consensus-based set of
performance standards for the sustainable
upgrades of existing buildings to help operate
them in a sustainable way on an ongoing
basis. The GREEN GUIDE FOR HEALTHCARE program is
aligned closely with the USGBCs LEED program.
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LEED-EB Registered by Type
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LEED-EB Point System
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Third Party Guidelines
Green chemical certifier
Paper and liners
CRIs Green Label
Green building rating system
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Examples of Customer Value
National Geographic Society Washington DC LEED-EB
Certified
Joe Serna, Jr. Bldg CA EPA, Sacramento,
CA Managed by Thomas Properties LEED-EB Certified
Waste removal, cleaning supplies, electricity
and landscaping cost reduction from 1.87 to
1.16/sft.
For every 1 invested in green building
improvements, market value increased 4.
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Primary Focus

• Ex Entryways common problems
• No goals and objectives
• No written plan
• Improper tools equipment

• Strategies, requirements, preferences
• Work from a written plan and communicate, e.g.
  goals, frequency, procedures
• Track maintenance
• Use matting per LEED-EB
• Ensure use of clean mopping solutions
• Use micro-fiber flat mops and Green Label vacs
• Use appropriate ice-melt if applicable