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Green Building Council supports ISSA cleaning standard

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March 12, 2010—The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently approved a statement in support of the ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard’s (CIMS) Green Building (GB) criteria and designation. The USGBC's support of CIMS-GB as a LEED-Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EBOM) resource further substantiates CIMS-GB as the preeminent green-cleaning management framework and certification for cleaning organizations, according to the announcement.

USGBC said in a statement: "The USGBC supports CIMS-GB as a valuable resource to assist in securing LEED-Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance credits for green cleaning activities."

Introduced last October as the sixth dimension of the traditional CIMS criteria—quality systems; service delivery; human resources; health, safety, and environmental stewardship; and management commitment—CIMS-GB focuses on the delivery of environmentally preferable cleaning service and offers cleaning organizations a certification helps users secure credits under the LEED-EBOM Green Building Rating System, while greening operations overall.

For more information on CIMS and CIMS-GB, see the Web site.

   
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