Green Cleaning University - Gco101 Conducting The Green Building Audit

Increases sales

Identifies risks

Keeps your manager off your back

Provides information that will help you build a plan that is right for the customer

True

False

Only note the high volume chemicals

Note only the hazardous chemicals

Walk the entire building looking in all possible spaces and note all cleaning products you find

Not take note of products taken to building by its occupants

Note the color of the container

Note the year it was made

List every ingredient on the label and MSDS

Note "red flag" products such as ready-to-use products, aerosols and those identified as hazards based on the label signal words (i.e., poison, danger, flammable)

Note the recycled content, size, and quality of the paper rolls

Note whether the towels are bleached vs. natural fibers

Note only the manufacturer

Note if the paper comes from the rain forest

Note whether an occupant has a new computer at their desk

Note anything seen, smelled, heard (e.g. noise levels), etc. that could be caused or corrected by cleaning activities, products, or procedures

Note how hard occupants are working

Avoid talking to occupants

Whether there is valet parking

The number of lights near the door

Vehicular traffic, parking structures, landscaping

Whether there are any fountains or bodies of water near the door

True

False

True

False

Help them strip and finish a floor

Check for burned out light bulbs

Check attendance records of janitors

Identify SOPs, contingency plans and any efficiency that can be achieved