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Sustainability

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• Sustainability

  UL Environment Unveils New Sustainability Marks

  New Marks Combine Global UL Brand and Familiar ECOLOGO, GREENGUARD Names.
• Water Quality

  WQA Develops Sustainability Certifications for Water Treatment

  WQA is developing a voluntary certification program based on consensus standards for sustainable water-treatment products to dispel confusion, preserve the environment, and standardize the market.
• Thermographic Inspection

  Q&A on Infrared Cameras

  Commonly asked questions about thermographic detection devices or infrared cameras.
• Green Facilities

  Ideas for Green Hotel Housekeeping and Operations

  Becoming a green hotel is a journey, not a destination...Beyond basic sustainable practices, which are documented in several publications including the AH&LA guidelines, here are a few ideas that can improve the health of a building for its occupants.
• Water Saving

  Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

  Featuring the expertise of over 25 water researchers, Dry Run explores water scarcity and ways residents and business owners can conserve water using best practices.
• Green Cleaning

  PRSM Releases Green Cleaning Resource Guide

  Guide helps retail facility managers source environmentally preferable products.
• Sustainability

  Island Sky and Partners Help Others with Atmospheric Water Generators

  Offering the world’s first, self-sustaining emergency water containers.
• Green Building

  Top Ten Green Building MegaTrends for 2013

  Jerry Yudelson predicts the top green building trends in the year ahead.
• Green Facilities

  Model Green Buildings: California Academy of Science

  The world's greenest museum is a model for facility owners looking to make their buildings more energy efficient and sustainable.
• UL

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and UL Environment (ULE) Form Educational Partnership

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and Marietta GA-based UL Environment (ULE) have formed an educational partnership to help spread the word about healthier environments – indoors and out.
• Sustainable

  What Does Sustainable Really Mean?

  The word sustainable has changed over time, and today it means far more than it did decades ago.
• Sustainability

  Sustainability Dashboard Tools, LLC Recommends Color-Coding for Sustainability

  Stephen Ashkin, CEO of Sustainability Dashboard Tools LLC again called for the adoption of an industry-wide, sustainability color-coding system at the October 2012 ISSA tradeshow in Chicago.
• Green Cleaning

  UL Study Indicates: Facility Managers Need to Inform Building Occupants About Green Safety and Performance

  A recent study completed by UL – “Navigating the Product Mindset” - reports, among other topics, how people feel about cleaning products, and the results have major implications for facility managers who buy cleaning products for their buildings.
• Green Facilities

  Green at Work – Tips and Suggestions

  Increasing sustainability of a workplace involves taking steps which result in conserving resources and energy and protecting the indoor air quality. Find out how your business can be more "green".
• Sustainability

  Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Continues Growth

  Continued growth confirms need for verification of environmental claims.
• Green Facilities

  Have You Tried Vitamin N?

  The book, The Nature Principle, highlights the importance of what it calls "Vitamin N" (for Nature) to make indoor environments healthier.
• Healthcare

  Kumkum M. Dilwali, MS, LEED-AP, Past Senior Director of the Green Guide for Health Care™ Joins HFI Advisory Board

  Her past strategic involvement with the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) will help environmental services staff and other facility professionals understand how to make significant progress on the healthy and greener environments continuum.
• Cleaning Science

  CIRI Announces “Save the Dates” for Its Fall Cleaning Science Symposium

  The Cleaning Industry Research Institute International (CIRI) is pleased to announce its “Save the Dates” for its innovative fall science and technology symposium, “The Science and Efficacy of Antimicrobials, Disinfectants and Their Impact on Cleaning Technologies.”
• Carpet

  How Carpet Earns LEED and Other Green Credits

  Carpet systems that meet or exceed CRI’s Green Label Plus standard can contribute one full Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Credit to the LEED ratings of the U.S. Green Building Council.
• Green Cleaning

  Time to Close the Green Gaps in Green Cleaning

  Evaluating and adjusting your facility's green cleaning program with a simple "green gap audit" can result in substantial cost and performance benefits.
• Healthy Facility

  IFMA Report - Top 10 Trends Impacting Facility Management

  There is a growing recognition that facility management contributes to the health and well being of building occupants, thereby benefiting efficiency, productivity and profitability — key pillars of an organization’s bottom line.
• CIMS

  CIMS-GB Helps Facilities Meet LEED Requirements

  To help meet the growing demand for green and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the Cleaning Industry Management Standard and Certification Program (CIMS) has been expanded to include Green Building (GB) criteria and an optional GB designation.
• Green Cleaning

  Commentary: Proper Cleaning is Green Cleaning

  Cleaning, by its very nature and definition, is, or should be, green.
• Healthy Schools

  Environmental Management for High Performance Schools

  Without a long-term commitment to comprehensive environmental management, not even the best high performance school can hope to stay high performing for very long.
• LEED

  A Green and Sustainable Heads Up

  The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program has been one of the most significant developments in the Green Cleaning movement over the past decade, but additional positive changes may now be afoot.
• Disclosing Ingredients

  Product Ingredients: It’s Time to Find Out What’s Really Inside

  Getting commercial cleaning product manufacturers to come clean and disclose their products' ingredients is important.
• Sustainability

  Five Sustainability Predictions for 2011

  The U.S. sustainable business market—referring to the development, manufacture, and sale of products that help us to conserve fuel, electricity, water, and natural resources and to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases—will increase dramatically in 2011, making the past two years look like “baby steps.”