Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.89
Liaison Isabel Savransky
Submission Date Nov. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Ontario Tech University
IN-17: Green Cleaning Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Isabel Savransky
Sustainability & Asset Planner
Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability
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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/service certified?:
Yes or No
Green Seal’s Environmental Standard for Commercial Cleaning Services (GS-42) No
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 No

A brief description of the institution’s certified green cleaning program:
Ontario Tech's Green Cleaning Program consists of reducing the exposure of building occupants to hazardous contaminants, procuring safe sustainable cleaning equipment (example: FSC certified paper towel and toilet paper), developing and implementing standard operating procedures, promoting and improving hand hygiene, developing guidelines for handling cleaning chemicals, developing staffing and employee training requirements, and establishing procedures for use of chemical concentrates and dilution systems.

Documentation affirming the green cleaning certification:
The website URL where information affirming the green cleaning certification is available:
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