Cleaning is the process of locating, identifying, containing, removing and properly disposing of an unwanted substance from a surface or environment. Healthy High Performance Cleaning (HHPC) is a process that reduces negative impact of cleaning on health and the environment. While product selection is important, procedures for HHPC are equally important, and perhaps more so.
Healthy High Performance Cleaning
HHPC takes conventional cleaning beyond appearances in commercial buildings, with procedures, chemicals, tools and equipment designed to make them the safest, healthiest and cleanest they have ever been. Since cleaning can play a major role in the health, safety and performance of a building’s occupants, implementing an HHPC program is now more important than ever.
As the only cleaning program certified for its impact on indoor air quality by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, it stands as a complete green cleaning program to help meet requirements of LEED for existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance. (HHPC) includes an assessment of your facility and current operations. Combined with our portfolio of green cleaning products, applicators, procedures, training and written policies, COA can contribute toward earning one prerequisite and up to nine points for LEED EBOM Certification.
GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute is an industry-independant, non-profit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program. COA Is a proud user of GEI certified products, helping us achieve the highest level on environmental awareness for our clients.
Environmental Choice Program
The Environmental Choice Program is designed to support a continuing effort to improve and maintain environmental quality by reducing energy and materials consumption and by minimizing the impacts of pollution generated by the production, use, and disposal of goods and services. At COA, our hard surface cleaning products have demonstrated environmental leadership throughout their life-cycle and have met the requirements for performance, limited toxicity, biodegradability, limited waste and resource use.
Green Seal
Green Seal is a non-profit organization devoted to environmental standard setting, product certification, and public education. COA’s supplies have been identified as products that are designed and manufactured in an environmentally responsible manner. Our intent is to reduce the environmental impacts associated with the manufacture, use, and disposal of our products.
We have been using environmentally-friendly cleaning solutions for several years. It makes sense for our employees and our environment to use a solution that will not be caustic to our employees nor harmful to our planet.