| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.75 |
| Liaison | Dan DeZarn |
| Submission Date | March 31, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
State University of New York at Geneseo
OP-13: Cleaning Products Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.39 / 1.00 |
Dan
Dezarn Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase third party certified cleaning and janitorial products?:
A copy of the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines:
The green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines:
Per Tom Underwood ,the assistant director of Purchasing, the College and Facilities Services follows the Governor’s Executive order #4 for purchasing sustainable products
Governor’s Executive order #4
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
Purchasing office and Business Manager manages this .
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products)?:
Expenditures on Green Seal and/or UL Environment (EcoLogo) certified cleaning and janitorial products:
Total expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products:
Has the institution's main cleaning or housekeeping department(s) and/or contractor(s) adopted a Green Seal or ISSA certified low-impact, ecological (“green”) cleaning program?:
A brief description of the institution’s low-impact, ecological cleaning program:
Our Window cleaning units use a ozonoinated water system, with no chemicals to clean exterior windows of the campus .
Betco Green Seal Hand Soap is used in all Campus buildings
Our floor care process has reduced the need for chemical stripping of floor finishes . We now use the isolating equipment from Tom Cat , which has both a Auto scrubber and a stick model that uses friction to scrub old floor finish from surface and this preps the floor for new floor finish in the same process. We also do not completely remove floor finish unless it is needed, in most cases we can top scrub and recoat floors , reducing waste water and solids from entering our waste water systems, “ water treatment plant”
We have partnered with the Corr Distributors company to collect all of our plastic trash liners that we use to collect the soiled laundry and send these liners back to the manufacturer for recycling at their plant .. we collect about 7 to 10 – 55 gal containers of plastic liners each month for recycling . this keeps the liners from entering the land fills
Our teams have set up recycling collection stations , with detailed labeling to encourage Everyone on campus to recycle . We have started to institute a carry in carry out policy for our conference rooms and pantry areas .. with the idea of encouraging the campus community to place recyclable items in the correct recycling container , not just throwing into a landfill collection container .
Rest room Specialist use touch free cleaning piece of equipment , The Kaivac is a pressure washer/wet dry vacuum in one unit .. cleaning rest rooms and locker rooms.. this reduces the hands on labor from some of these task, and cleans / removes dirty wastewater in one unit. With no dirty water or cleaning chemical residue left behind.
We use washable – reusable miro fiber towels and mops
Operation System / Training Program for all Custodial employees to follow
A copy of the sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
The sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
The website URL where information about the institution’s green cleaning initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Laura Canfield
Kirk Spangler
Laura Canfield
Kirk Spangler
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