By utilizing environmentally preferred products and formulas, you can reduce risk, improve indoor air quality, conserve resources, and reduce the negative effects placed upon the environment. Cleaning and maintaining your facility with environmentally preferred products minimizes VOC emissions and controls allergens from dyes and fragrances, resulting in indoor environments that are cleaner, safer, more pleasant, and healthier for your workers, tenants, and visitors. A green cleaning program shows your concern for your employees, your building occupants, the visitors and community, for improving indoor air quality and eliminating sick building syndrome, and your concern in minimizing exposure to aggressive chemicals.

1. What Is
Green
Cleaning?
Green cleaning protects
health without causing
harm to the environment –
it shows responsible effort
to minimize the impact of
cleaning materials on your
building and on everyone
who enters.
Promoting a Cleaner and
Healthier Work Environment

2. Cleaning and maintaining your
facility with environmentally
preferred products minimizes
VOC emissions and controls
allergens from dyes and
fragrances, resulting in indoor
environments that are cleaner,
safer, more pleasant, and
healthier for your workers,
tenants, and visitors.
A green cleaning program shows
your concern for your employees,
your building occupants, the visitors
and community, for improving
indoor air quality and eliminating
sick building syndrome, and your
concern in minimizing exposure to
aggressive chemicals.
Possible benefits include:
• Reduced absenteeism
• Lower utility bills
• Reduced disposal costs
• Increased building efficiency
• Longer building life
• Health insurance rate reduction
• Tax breaks
• Higher occupancy levels
• Higher caliber building tenants
• Ability to obtain higher lease rates
Why Is Green Cleaning Important?
By utilizing environmentally preferred products and formulas, you can reduce risk,
improve indoor air quality, conserve resources, and reduce the negative effects placed
upon the environment.
What Are The Benefits?
Green facilities and green cleaning programs can help your bottom line. In the areas of
water conservation, energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality, and green product
usage, your facility will see an improvement in cost reduction and ROI.
With a regularly scheduled green cleaning program,
you can improve worker and occupant health while
improving the appearance of your facility. Your
green cleaning program will create better occupant
satisfaction and retention, increase on-site property
staff health, improve worker safety, and create a
mentality of higher standards, pride, and purpose
throughout your organization.

3. Who Says It’s Green?
C E R T IF
IED
Founded in 1989, Green Seal, a non-profit organization, provides science-based
environmental certification standards that are credible, transparent, and essential in an
increasingly educated and competitive marketplace. Their industry knowledge and
standards help manufacturers, purchasers, and end users alike make responsible
choices that positively impact business behavior and improve quality of life. Green Seal
works with manufacturers, industry sectors, purchasing groups, and governments at all
levels to “green” the production and purchasing chain. Products only become Green Seal certified after
rigorous testing and evaluation, including on-site plant visits.
The United States Green Building Council is a non-profit organization committed to
expanding sustainable building practices. USGBC is composed of more than 12,000
organizations from across the building industry that are working to advance structures
that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work.
LEED®
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary, consensus-based
national rating system for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Developed
by the USGBC, LEED®
addresses all building types and emphasizes state-of-the art
strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials and
resources selection, and indoor environmental quality. LEED®
aims to improve occupant
well-being, environmental performance, and economic returns of buildings using established
and innovative practices, standards, and technologies.
The LEED®
for Existing Buildings Rating System (LEED-EB®
) helps building owners and operators measure
operations, improvements, and maintenance on a consistent scale, with the goal of maximizing operational
efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts. LEED-EB®
addresses whole-building cleaning and
maintenance issues including chemical and paper use, recycling and waste stream management programs,
efficient use of water and energy, indoor environmental air quality, exterior maintenance programs, entrance
matting, pest management, systems upgrades, and purchasing of environmentally preferred products.
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect health and the
environment, working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
The EPA leads the nation’s environmental science, research, education, and
assessments efforts. The EPA develops and enforces regulations, offers financial
assistance for environmental programs and research, performs environmental research,
sponsors voluntary partnerships and programs, furthers environmental education, and
publishes environmental information.
The Carpet and Rug Institute Seal of Approval program identifies effective carpet cleaning
solutions and cleaning equipment that clean carpet right the first time and protects a
facility’s carpet investment. The CRI’s strict standards are applied to spot and stain
removers, vacuum cleaners, and carpet extractors.

4. Select Green Seal Certified and
Environmentally Preferred Products
AmSan offers green products to promote sustainable,
environmentally friendly cleaning. Our green products often
include third party certification (Green Seal, CRI, Energy Star)
to substantiate environmentally preferable claims.
Implement Green Cleaning Processes
Attain Third-party Certification for Your
Green Cleaning Program
Green Seal is the only independent, third-party organization certifying green
cleaning programs through their Green Seal Standard GS-42. The cleaning
contractor or in-house cleaning service must have a building specific Green
Cleaning Plan in place that comprehensively describes the methods by which a
facility is cleaned effectively while protecting human health and the environment.
From Green Seal certified janitorial solutions to Carpet & Rug Institute certified
cleaning equipment to Energy Star certified electrical appliances and lamps,
AmSan delivers all the pieces to put together your green building puzzle.
AmSan sales consultants will be your resource in developing a
green solution designed to reduce the environmental impact of
your cleaning process while promoting a safer and healthier indoor
environment. Start with a SMART AssessmentSM
, an integral part of the
AmSan Proforma®
portfolio, to identify and implement specific labor
and supply cost reduction opportunities while creating a greener,
healthier, and safer working environment.
Your AmSan consultant can also work with you to implement an AmSan
University®
training program. AmSan-U provides an opportunity to learn
how to put science-based green standards into practice through
technical staff training and cleaning program analysis.
Getting Started.

5. During a consecutive 12 month period in 2007 and 2008, by providing Green Seal
certified towels and tissue to customers, AmSan saved the environment an estimated:
• 134,777 mature trees from being cut down
• 55,496,259 gallons of fresh water • 15,856 barrels of oil
• 32,504,952 kilowatts of energy • 25,370 cubic yards of landfill space
• 475,682 pounds of air pollutants entering our skies
Your buying decisions directly impact our environment. By switching to Green Seal
certified products from AmSan, you can help us save the planet’s resources and create
a cleaner, safer, healthier, and greener place to live.
Develop a Complete Green Certified Building
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has developed the LEED®
(Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) rating system for new building construction and for existing
buildings (LEED-EB®
). AmSan can help you achieve LEED-EB®
whole-building cleaning and
maintenance credits for:
• Chemical Use • Paper Use • Recycling
• Waste Stream Management
• Water Conservation
• Energy Conservation
• Indoor Air Quality
• Exterior Maintenance Programs
• Entrance Matting
• Pest Management
• Systems Upgrades
• Purchase of Environmentally Preferred Products
In addition to being the largest national janitorial products distributor, AmSan can also help you
earn LEED-EB®
accreditation through our new MRO products offering. We have introduced a
complete MRO Facility Maintenance Products offering to help you develop a complete green
certified building:
• Appliances • Electrical Maintenance
• Lighting Fixtures
• Bulbs and Fluorescent Lamps
• HVAC Units and Maintenance Items
• Plumbing Fixtures
• Plumbing Repair and Maintenance Items
• Bath Accessories
• Hardware • Tools
• Access Control • Door Hardware

6. Let’s Get
Started.
Choose a
Resource Area.
Perhaps the best way for your organization or
facility to get started is to select a resource area —
like floor care products and hand cleaners, or
general purpose, bathroom, glass, and carpet
cleaners. Or make it as simple as just starting
with energy efficient lighting.
Choose an
Entire Facility.
Or it may be easier for you to see the total
savings and impact potential of green
practices by selecting an entire facility for
a “greening” application. Either way, take a
small step toward savings and environmental
responsibility. We’re here to help you — at the
pace that’s right for you.
America’s Leading Supplier of
Janitorial and Cleaning Products
866-41-AmSan 866-412-6726
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