2010 Revisited $300,000 by privatizing custodial services. In July, the board authorized Alice Robinson, school district business adminis-trator, to advertise for the outsourcing of custodial services through competitive con-tracting; the bids came in roughly $370,000 lower than expected, with Aramark present-ing the lowest price at $2,148,006, the story noted. ates and IEHA, the release stated. IEHA’s HPCP program is a voluntary, fee-based program that tests green product performance on real-world soils, the release noted. The Activeion test report summary was pub-lished in the April 2010 issue of Executive Housekeeping Today , the release added. May 11, 2010 — DES MOINE, IA — Recently, Iowa’s governor signed legislation passed by the Iowa General Assembly requir-ing public schools, community colleges, insti-tutions under control of the state board and state agencies to comply with an environmen-tally preferable cleaning and maintenance policy, according to a press release. The bill requires that these institutions only purchase products that meet national-ly recognized green standards by July 12, 2010; schools will be provided resources about the environmentally preferable clean-ing and maintenance products to be used, the release noted. The Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) supports state-level green cleaning legisla-tion to promote healthy indoor environments for these students and staff, reduce chemical exposure, cut back on waste and improve sustainability efforts, the release stated. May 28, 2010 — NEW YORK — The ground-breaking energy efficiency work at the Empire State Building has achieved a milestone on its journey for sustainability leadership in the commercial real estate community by receiving an ENERGY STAR rating of 90 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a press release. The designation for the Empire State Building signifies that the property’s energy performance is in the top tenth percentile of all commercial office buildings, new and old, across the nation, the release stated An ENERGY STAR rating of 90 was a stated objective in the iconic property’s overall $550 million sustainability retrofit ini-tiative launched in April 2009, the release noted. September 1, 2010 — SAN DIEGO — WAXIE Sanitary Supply is pleased to announce that the company has added 24 individuals to its roster of Cleaning Industry Management Standard-Green Building (CIMS-GB) ISSA Certification Experts (ICE), according to a press release. With this new list of certified professionals, WAXIE now has a total of 32 CIMS-GB ISSA Certification Experts, the release noted. To become certified, these WAXIE sales professionals attended a one-day training workshop that was hosted at the compa-ny’s corporate headquarters in San Diego and then passed an examination regarding the management and green building ele-ments contained within the standard, the release stated. Bedbugs Seemingly out of nowhere, the bedbug epidem-ic burst onto the scene in 2010. Once considered a relic of nighttime salutations, these pesky parasitic insects have wreaked havoc on residential proper-ties and commercial facilities of all types — even high-end office buildings and hotels. March 31, 2010 — DES MOINES, IA — American Baptist Homes of the Midwest, which manages the Elsie Mason Manor and Ligutti Tower, is employing a thermal remediation technique to rid a bedbug infestation at the property, according to KCCI-TV. The bedbug problem, which has led to a class-action lawsuit being filed after a build-ing manager failed to address the situation, has been ongoing for months and left as many as 250 tenants with bites all over their legs, arms, backs and faces, the story stated. Because many of the tenants have limit-ed mobility or are otherwise unable to secure temporary living arrangements, concerns are mounting as to what they will do while the remediation, a process con-sisting of heating the apartments to 140 degrees Fahrenheit in an attempt to kill the bedbugs, takes place, the story noted. Attorney Jeff Lipman, who filed the law-suit on behalf of the tenants, wants American Baptist Homes to disclose the bedbug problem to future tenants of the Elsie Mason Manor and Ligutti Tower, the story added. August 17, 2010 — ATLANTA — Survey results released by pest control company Orkin LLC and Building Owners and Green Certifications The green cleaning movement has been a JanSan staple for the past decade and, in 2010, several states and municipalities adopted mandatory green cleaning proto-cols in terms of product purchasing and procedural best practices. In addition, many chemicals and equip-ment were certified by one or more of the reputable third-party organizations that offer nonbiased confirmation of sustainable performance. April 22, 2010 — LOWELL, MA — The Ionator activated water sprayer from Activeion Cleaning Solutions LLC was recently recognized by the University of Massachusetts at Lowell Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) as a High-per-formance Cleaning Product (HPCP) under the International Executive Housekeepers Association’s (IEHA) program, according to a press release. The University of Massachusetts at Lowell has agreed to permit its name and logo to be associated with outcomes of the IEHA HPCP testing arrangement, with appropriate disclaimers to protect the cred-ibility of the institution, its research associ-8 CM B2B Trade Group ™ Directory 2011
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