Green Seal's standards for paints and coatings are robust.
Given the high consumer demand for safer cleaning products, the
Green Seal certification shows Oxymagic's commitment to providing a safer carpet and upholstery cleaning method," said Tom DiMaio, CEO of Northeast Oxymagic Development Corp.
The new
Green Seal standard offers greater flexibility for the assessment of VOCs and aligns with VOC limits set by the current California Air Resources Board.
Green Seal, an organization dedicated to identifying and promoting sustainability in the marketplace, offers three levels of certification, with Gold being the highest.
For example,
Green Seal GS-37 products, which are used for general cleaning purposes, bathrooms, glass, carpet care and other hard surface care, have a prohibition on ingredients known to cause allergic-type asthma, tighter restrictions on ingredients that can cause indoor air pollution and strengthened limits on chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin.
Marriott Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, a hotel property of US-based hospitality company, Marriott International (NYSE: MAR), has been awarded a
Green Seal Certification.
However Leed references
Green Seal for some paints and coatings and
Green Seal references the American SCAQMD for further restrictions on VOCs (volatile organic compounds), which are present in most conventional paint types, while all environmental standards outlaw certain chemicals which have been found harmful to human health.
Long-Term Living Editor Maureen Hrehocik asked Mark Petruzzi,
Green Seal's vice president of certification and strategic relations, to discuss the
Green Seal certification program and what it can mean to long-term care facility operators.
In October 2008, fayor Richard Daley recognized the efforts of 25 hotels striving for
Green Seal certification, an environmental lodging standard with requirements in such eco-friendly activities as waste minimization, energy efficiency and water conservation.
Additional topics include the requirements for
Green Seal certification, green raw materials, programs to implement green technology and the potential for green coatings.
The 274-room hotel has applied for
Green Seal certification - proof that the business has met a series of standards for environmental responsibility.