New Online Green Cleaning Resource Launched

ISSA has launched a new, comprehensive online resource area on ISSA.com, covering the topic of green cleaning for both product and service providers.

The information, available at www.issa.com/green, is one of many initiatives stemming from ISSA’s long-range strategic plan to provide the industry and the public at large with valuable information regarding the connections between science, cleaning, and health. The site currently offers industry definitions; U.S. government and purchasing requirements; details regarding standards, certifications, and accreditations; software and guides; and links to more in-depth information by industry segment.

“Green cleaning has become a marketplace phenomenon that is showing no signs of slowing down,” said ISSA Director of Legislative Affairs Bill Balek. “Our hope is that the resources we now make available, and our continued updates to this body of knowledge, will help our members and their customers sort through the current confusion and ‘greenwash’ to discover how they can best contribute to environmentally friendly practices.”

Product manufacturers and distributors will find details regarding proper use of environmental marketing claims while people looking for “green” products or services will find tips to help them identify what criteria are available to distinguish between the options that currently exist.

Some of the ISSA-specific resources now available online include guides to green-procurement policies across the United States and the connection between green cleaning and the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) program, PowerPoint presentations in English and Spanish, the Green Cleaning for Dummies guide, and EcoSmart software used to determine the costs associated with purchasing green products.

For more information about ISSA’s science, cleaning, and health initiative, or the association’s involvement in the industry’s environmentally preferable cleaning activities, contact Bill Balek at 800-225-4772.

 

 

2009 ISSA Board Election Results

The elections for open positions on the 2009 ISSA Board of Directors closed July 30, and the results are in:

Vice president/president elect: David Holtzman, R3, Carteret, NJ;

Secretary: Richard L. Rones, Americo Manufacturing Co., Inc., Acworth, GA;

Manufacturer director: Allen M. Soden, Deb SBS, Inc., Stanley, NC;

Distributor director-west: Leland Fishman, Fishman Supply Co., Petaluma, CA;

Director-Canada: Steven Armstrong, Armstrong Manufacturing, Inc., Mississauga, ON, Canada.

 

ISSA Expands Facility Service Provider Department

The association has announced the expansion of its facility service provider (FSP) department, to be led by Dan Wagner as director of facility service programs.

As part of the expansion, Annie Balonick has been promoted to the new position of market development manager-facility service programs. In her new position, Balonick will be responsible for sales and expansion of the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) and certification program, membership, and services on behalf of the FSP segment of the industry. Balonick will also serve as a conduit with other segments of the ISSA membership to the FSP market.

Wagner will continue to have primary responsibility for all the association’s FSP programs and services as well as serve as the contact for associations and other organizations in the FSP community, including the International Facility Management Association, or IFMA; the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, or APPA; and others. He will also be responsible for directing ISSA’s Building Service Contractor Council.

“In recent years, ISSA has focused on improving the value of services we offer the association’s facility service provider segment of membership,” said ISSA Executive Director John Garfinkel. “The expansion of the FSP department and creation of a new position that is dedicated to the development of existing and new programs will allow us to better serve the needs of the FSP community as a whole.”

ISSA Joins U.S. Green Building Council

ISSA has been accepted as a member in good standing of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the nonprofit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices and operations.

ISSA joined the USGBC to give the cleaning industry a higher profile within the rapidly growing “green” building community. One of ISSA’s objectives as a member is to ensure that green cleaning maintains a significant presence in the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB).

ISSA recently submitted comments to the USGBC, encouraging the organization to forgo its proposed decrease in the number of points green cleaning activities presently contribute to certified status under LEED-EB. In its comments, ISSA noted that by proposing to reduce the credits awarded for green cleaning activities, the USGBC would effectively be reducing the incentive for facilities to achieve higher levels of clean and sanitary conditions, all to the detriment of the buildings’ occupants.

 

Calendar

2008 

OCTOBER

14-16, Four Pillars of the Sales Profession, featuring Don Buttrey. Dayton, OH.

 

2009

MARCH

5-6, Cleaning Systems Design & Workloading, featuring Dave Frank. Las Vegas, NV.

 

MAY

13-15, ISSA/INTERCLEAN® Central & Eastern Europe. Expo XXI Warsaw International Expocentre, Warsaw, Poland.

 

Welcome New ISSA Members!

All-Pro Enterprises
San Dimas, CA

Amelia Island Plantation & Resort
Amelia Island, FL

Aramark
Philadelphia, PA

Arkuda Services, Inc.
Surrey, BC, Canada

Britannia Services Group Ltd.
Lichfield, United Kingdom

Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC

Chemserve Cleaning Services Ltd.
Nairobi, Kenya

Chutemaster Environmental, Inc.
Union, NJ

Citrus Community College
Glendora, CA

Clean All Services
Sidney, OH

CleanCo, Inc.
Annapolis, MD

Cleaners of America Corp.
Richmond, VA

Cleanertouch, Inc.
Vaughan, ON, Canada

Cleaning Wonders
Scottsdale, AZ

Clines S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Clovis Unified School District
Clovis, CA

College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA

CompClean
Alabaster, AL

Corporate Maintenance, LLC
Orlando, FL

Crystal Building Maintenance
West Palm Beach, FL

Custom Cleaning & Maintenance
Willoughby, OH

D&K Fresh Start Janitorial Services, Inc.
Winston Salem, NC

Dan Ren Service
Esbjerg, Denmark

DBM Co.
Sandy, UT

DLS Services, Inc.
Ypsilanti, MI

Elavon
Atlanta, GA

Empresa de Saneamiento Ambietal Slim SG
Lima, Peru

Environmental Cost Control
Victorville, CA

Executive Services, Inc.
Little Rock, AR

Expresso Building Services
Tualatin, OR

Farmersville Unified School District
Farmersville, CA

FBG Service Corp.
Omaha, NE

First Community Development Corp. of NJ
Orange, NJ

Foothills Gateway, Inc.
Fort Collins, CO

Fresno Unified School District
Fresno, CA

Gaby Limp Services, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, D.F., Mexico

Garden State Commercial Cleaning Services, LLC
Hammonton, NJ

GCA Services Group
Cleveland, OH

Goodman Maintenance Service Int’l
Walnut, CA

Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire
Savannah, GA

Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Inc.
Oakland, CA

Goodwill Services, Inc.
Harrisburg, PA

Green Clean
Folsom, CA

Hawaiian Building Maintenance
Honolulu, HI

Hope Enterprises, Inc.
Williamsport, PA

Housekeepers of Canada, Inc.
Kitchener, ON, Canada

Imperial County Work Training Center, Inc.
El Centro, CA

Integrated Cleaning Solutions, Inc.
San Francisco, CA

Island Cleaning, LLC
Las Vegas, NV

Jani-King
Greenville, NC

Janitorial Services Int’l Co.
Parker, TX

KB Building Services, Inc.
Omaha, NE

Kearney Research & Extension Center
Parlier, CA

LA Dodgers
Los Angeles, CA

Licking Memorial Health Systems
Newark, OH

Luxury Janitorial & Carpet Cleaning
Greenville, MI

Menzies Intl Pty. Ltd.
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

Mexfil Hotel & Building Services
Houston, TX

N&C Service, Inc.
Portland, OR

New World Service, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Pride of Montana, Inc.
Billings, MT

Priority Building Services, LLC
Brea, CA

Professional Maintenance Co.
Prince George, VA

QCS Cleaning Solutions, Inc.
Massillon, OH

Rag Building Services
San Jose, CA

Rainbow Brite Industrial Services, LLC
Clovis, CA

Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA

RBM Services
Provo, UT

Reakgona Commercial and Industrial Hygiene
Pretoria, South Africa

Redlee/SCS Group
Dallas, TX

Reil Cleaning Services
Greenfield, MA

Romanow Building Services
Saginaw, MI

Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City, UT

ServiceMaster of Canada
Mississauga, ON, Canada

Services 4 U, Inc.
Shepherdsville, KY

Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC

Sodexo
Kingston, ON, Canada

Southwest Cleaning Services
Oklahoma City, OK

Sunkey Building Maintenance Services, Inc.
Kissimmee, FL

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POSTED ON: 9/1/2008