Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) includes ventilation, Toxic gas (fumes), bacteria and viruses, mold spores, allergens and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), which are from chemical cleaning products, pesticides, paint, glue, polishes, equipment vapors, particulate, heavy metals, floor strippers and finishes, and so much more. Over the years, these toxins will cause something called “Sick Building Syndrome”.

Unlike LEED or other Green building certifications, the Green Clean Institute makes this certification program available through our many GCI Green Cleaning Firm. By using the GHBP checklist, any building can gradually modify their building maintenance program to earn enough points to earn the GHBP certification. Then, improve your score year after year. It’s efficient, effective, and affordable. More so when you compare other Green building certifications costing $10,000 to $100,000 but only deal with the building materials.

Green Cities are more than planting trees. They are homes and buildings that have a GREEN CITY PLAN to improve the Green and environmental practices that progressively improves the collective effort of thousands of buildings with basic Green & healthy practices that can make a radical difference in the city’s “Seriously Green” status.

The GCI Green & Healthy Building Partnership is a simple yet effective way to improve the Green & Health status of any city in no-cost, easy-to-follow steps. With the support of city leaders, our program will accomplish real strides in these areas:

1. Reduce the plastic going into landfills

2. Create Green & Healthy buildings that continuously improve the health of workers

3. Reduce the chemical effluents that flow into the waterways & treatment facilities

4. Raise awareness of the value and cost savings of a Green & Healthy building & community

5. Demonstrate the actual cost-savings of Green applications for any building (Green survey)

6. Produce annual audits of the progress with our Seriously Green Network program.