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EBOM-2009 IEQp3:Green Cleaning Policy

SOP's

For this prerequisite, do you need to put the specific SOP's for the building? Example Floor-care maintenance shall consistently be performed according to written protocols, without exception. QC checks will be used to ensure 100% adoption. PRACTICES TO OPTIMIZE HARD-FLOOR AND CARPET MAINTENANCE  The floor and carpet maintenance program at is designed to use few, or no, harmful chemicals; remove and eliminate irritating dust, dirt and other contaminants; and protect and preserve floors.  To minimize chemical use, has reduced the frequency of stripping or removing coatings to and is able to maximize the floor’s longevity, thereby conserving cleaning and floor restoration materials and minimizing occupants’ exposure to harmful chemicals.  A written floor maintenance plan and log shall be maintained, which details the number of coats of floor finish being applied as the base and other applications (top coat), along with all relevant maintenance/restoration practices and the dates and duration of these activities. For example do we have to include the floor maintenance plan and log into the prerequisite or stating that we have one is enough? We do the general information that is stated in the template but want to know if we have to put every SOP in description in the prerequisite or will the general info in the template work? Reason being is that we have a global policy that follows LEED criteria and want to use that. It does not have our specific SOP's for each individual building but has the general language of what we are doing but does not include specific logs in the policy. Could that be used or do we need to add the logs and such to it?

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Thu, 05/02/2013 - 20:36

David, It sounds like your global policy that follows the LEED criteria will be sufficient for meeting the Green Cleaning prerequisite. The policy does not need to include building specific logs or tables. When pursuing the credits where performance is tracked, the specific logs for each building should be documented.

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