Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 76.08
Liaison Tess Esposito
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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STARS v2.1

University of Dayton
IN-8: Certified Green Cleaning

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Wes Napier
Manager of Contracted Services and Customer Service
Facilities Management
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Please note that this credit recognizes comprehensive green cleaning programs that have been third party certified. Expenditures on certified green cleaning products are recognized in the Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing credit.

Under which of the following is the institution’s green cleaning program certified?:
Yes or No
Green Seal’s Environmental Standard for Commercial Cleaning Services (GS-42) ---
The International Sanitary Supply Association’s (ISSA’s) Cleaning Industry Management Standard for Green Buildings (CIMS-GB) Yes
An equivalent third party certification program approved by AASHE ---

A brief description of the institution’s certified green cleaning program, including the year adopted and/or certified:
UD's contracted service for all building cleaning and janitorial services is Alpha and Omega Building Services. This company has been certified with ISSA since 2012. UD's Director of Contracted Services attended the ISSA convention in Chicago that year and learned about the CIMS-GB certification, and followed-up by changing the practices of the contracted service provider at the University. The certification is applied to all buildings on campus.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.aobuildingservices.com/

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