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EBOM-2009 IEQc3.4:Green Cleaning—Sustainable Cleaning Equipment

Question about Scrubber Criteria

When reading requirements in the guide, it states that the sustainable criteria to be met by an automated scrubbing machine is: "Automated scrubbing machines are equipped with variable-speed feed pumps and on-board chemical metering OR they use only tap water with no added cleaning products" The scrubbing machine in question at the facility does not meet these two criteria, but it does meet the following: 1. Equipment is designed with safeguards (i.e. rollers, rubber bumpers) to reduce potential damage to building surfaces. 2. Battery-powered equipment use (gel batteries) I entered the information on the form to see what would happen and it does appear to accept the environmnetally preffered gel battery-powered and records the equipment as meeting a sustainable criteria. Is this correct? Or is this maybe a glitch in the form within LEED Online? Thanks!

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Tue, 11/15/2011 - 02:40

Mayra, have you learned anything more about this? My understanding is that the criteria you checked are required for ALL equipment, but that scrubbers must also meet the additional criteria.

Thu, 02/16/2012 - 22:04

Yes, Tristan is right. That appears to be a glitch. The variable speed pumps AND/OR water-only cleaning are additional requirements for automated scrubbers. Good luck, Myra!

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