Certification for Green Buildings
Michael Richmond
The demand to "Go Green" is becoming more prevalent in rules passed at the federal, State, and municipal levels. However, there is a great deal of confusion about the process it takes to go Green. In full application, Green business require sweeping changes including building construction, water and energy usage, interior design, and sustainable practices in the use of resources. The cost of changes on many levels can be prohibitive, and hinder the adoption of Green policies in many building.
The best area to start is to with the basic and affordable levels of janitorial and office operations that can be changed without an expensive overhaul of the company. Going Green can be a substantial financial expenditure that may not be affordable for many businesses. Certification of a Green Building can be a progressive task that turns any standard building into a Green Building that helps the community in the larger Green agenda.
Green Clean Institute provides a federal trademark for GCIC Green Buildings if they will complete a simply Green Survey and transition to a Green certified cleaning service. The cleaning service is frankly the first step in establishing a healthier and Greener office. The Green Survey establishes a baseline for a Green Program, and provides a foundation for improvements on a monthly basis.
Get more information about Green Building certification at www.GreenBusinessLeague.com. Download a copy of the Green Survey, and start the program that can get your facility a Green Building certification in a month's time. This is not a rubber stamp program. It requires that the cleaning service provide Green products and practices in the cleaning of the facility.
Month by month, the program introduces affordable steps that allow the building to transition to Green operation in a year's time. Green Business League gives recognition to every member facility, lists the firm with Dun & Bradstreet, and revisits the subject each year. There are programs that make Green Building certification more difficult by creating a point system that is difficult to obtain, but it need not be that complex. Some steps may be as simple as trash management with techniques that require only modest changes to your existing operation.
The Green Awareness Report is the training program that is provided to the business each month with smart ideas for Greening. Each edition offers advice of the next step in Green practice. You will learn about the ten best plants for a Green office that remove pollution and add oxygen. You will learn outgassing and simple steps to reduce these harmful fumes from the building. Our system removes the barrier between the day workers of an office and the janitorial service.
There are dozens of easy-to-follow steps to achieve a truly Green Building. You could hire a consultant, pay money for restructuring of your facility, and trust that the benefits will outweigh the trouble. You could also appoint a key person in the office to start the Green Survey and take your building Green in a serious way. It all starts with the Green Survey and ends with a healthier building.
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Earning your Green Building certification need not be difficult or expensive. Green Business League assists businesses in the certification program for Green Building. The Green survey is the simple way to receive your Green Building certification.
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