Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.80
Liaison Kate Witte
Submission Date Feb. 17, 2012
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STARS v1.0

Keene State College
OP-11: Cleaning Products Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 2.00 Frank Mazzola
Director of Physical Plant
Physical Plant
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Green Seal (tm) or EcoLogo (tm) certified cleaning products?:
No

The website URL where the green cleaning product purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
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Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on cleaning products)?:
Yes

Expenditures on Green Seal and/or EcoLogo certified cleaning products :
12,000 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on cleaning products :
24,000 US/Canadian $

A copy of the sections of the cleaning contract(s) that reference certified green products:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

While we do not have a contractual requirement to use green cleaning products, our cleaning service has listened to our stated preferences and responded by using many Green Seal products. In addition, they have changed some of their practices to reduce the amount of chemicals used and how often (floor stripping and waxing in particular).


While we do not have a contractual requirement to use green cleaning products, our cleaning service has listened to our stated preferences and responded by using many Green Seal products. In addition, they have changed some of their practices to reduce the amount of chemicals used and how often (floor stripping and waxing in particular).

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