What do you do about achieving this Prereq if the school district requires the use of bleach as a disinfectant?
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EBOM-2009 IEQp3: Green Cleaning Policy
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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September 28, 2011 - 4:42 pm
Lauren, that should not preclude you from earning the prereq. What specifically made you concerned about that?
Lauren Ulmer
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September 28, 2011 - 6:18 pm
Tristan, thank you so much for getting back to me on this; this particular topic has thrown a wrench into our LEED process. We've not submitted for review yet, but we are well into documentation. Bleach doesn't meet Greenseal or any of those other standards named in the prereq, right? Doesn't the prereq require that the cleaning products used in the building be either Greenseal or one of those other standards? (Sorry, I don't have the Reference Guide in front of me at the moment.) Maybe I'm misunderstanding the intent of the prereq??
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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September 28, 2011 - 6:56 pm
Lauren, I think it's important to distinguish between the prereq and the credits. The prereq requires you to have a green cleaning policy in place and even goals for meeting certain thresholds, and you have to implement that policy to the best of your abilities, but you don't have to hit your targets. That's for the credits.Looked at from a wider angle, perhaps implementing such a policy will prod the school district into considering greener products.
Lauren Ulmer
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September 28, 2011 - 9:10 pm
Ah! Whew! Okay, that makes sense. Thanks so much for your guidance on this.