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

STARS v2.2

Ontario Tech University
OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00
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Cleaning products 

Total annual expenditures on cleaning products:
32,636.35 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green cleaning products:
32,636.35 US/Canadian $

Janitorial paper products 

Total annual expenditures on janitorial paper products:
57,301.95 US/Canadian $

Annual expenditures on certified green janitorial paper products:
57,301.95 US/Canadian $

A brief description of the time period on which the figures reported above are based :
Based on the data from 2020-2021, the cost of consumables (cleaning products and janitorial paper) per year is $22,235.67 for the downtown campus buildings (DTA,EDU, DTB, Regent Theater, Victoria Pedway, 151 Athol), the daycare, House 22, House 20, guard shack, and stone house.

The cost of consumables per year is $67,702.62 for the main campus (North Campus)

Total: $89,938.29 of consumables

Exert from cleaning contract: All the products used 'have undergone rigorous certification processes by organizations like Green Seal, Inc. and/or Ecologo to assure they meet green cleaning standards.'

Metric used in scoring

Percentage of expenditures on cleaning and janitorial products that are third party certified to meet recognized sustainability standards:
100.00

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s cleaning and janitorial purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
To calculate the cost of consumables per year for the main campus, the data for DC & Ontario Tech University (North and Whitby Campus) was divided in half (representing only Ontario Tech's portion of expenses). Therefore only 50% of the total is accounted for, for Ontario Tech.

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