Key Messages

• Cleaning is for health, not just esthetics--you clean to remove allergens and biological contaminants
• Considerations include:
• the way you clean--eliminate work practices that can spread rather contain or remove contamination
• what you clean with--eliminate the products can contaminate the air 
• frequency--ensure that you clean often enough to reduce allergens/contaminants
• ensure that spaces and surfaces are cleanable 

Handouts

• Contract User Guide-How to Use the Green CLeaning Products, Programs, Equipment and Supplies Statewide Contract
• FAQs-Green Cleaning Products
• EPP-Cleaning the Bathroom
• Clean Schools Handbook

Website Resources:

• Healthy Schools Campaign - Green Clean Schools
• Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program
• New site highlights include:
• A new look to the EPP landing page that provides better navigation 
• Added pages to help find, buy, and sell EPPs on statewide contract
• Newest volume of  Recycled and Environmentally Preferable Products and Services Guide that contains a list of EPP contracts
• List of EPP contacts 
• Information on Green Certifications and Labeling
• Information on the Toxics Reduction Task Force 
• Consolidated publications & other resources in one place!
• Targeted initiatives for Green Cleaning and Remanufactured Toner Cartridges! 
• Implementing Environmentally Preferable Cleaning Practices
• Cleaning for Health fact sheets
• NYS Green Cleaning Program
• Chicago's Healthy Schools Campaign 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction- Making the Case for a School IAQ Program
2. Environmental Management System
3. IAQ and Ventilation Assessment
4. Moisture and Mold
5. IAQ During Renovation
6. IAQ Testing and Standards
7. Radon
8. Hazardous Building Materials and Possible Alternatives for School Districts
9. Integrated Pest Management
10. Green Cleaning