Facilities Management
Sustainability Resources

• Boilers
• Energy Management
• Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG)
• Janitorial Services
• Landscaping
• Lighting Retrofit and Maintenance
• Managing Pests & Pesticides
• Refrigeration / Air Conditioning
• Recycling Programs
• Waste / Materials Management
• Water Use / Water Management

Boilers

• The U.S. Department of Energy offers extensive information on Energy-saving strategies for ICI boiler operations.
• The Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse contains case studies highlighting pollution prevention at boilers.
• How to Buy an Energy-Efficient Commercial Boiler

Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG)

• Fats, Oil and Grease —or “FOG,” to use the wastewater industry term—has negative impacts on wastewater collection and treatment systems. Many wastewater collection system blockages can be traced to FOG, and such blockages are serious, causing sewage spills, manhole overflows, or sewage backups into homes and businesses.
• The Green Plan For The Food Service Industry - Oil and Grease

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Janitorial Services

• The Green Cleaning Pollution Prevention Calculator quantifies the projected environmental benefits of purchasing and using "green" janitorial services and products. Janitorial products can cause harm to the environment during their use, if they are poured down drains, circulated through building ventilation systems, or disposed of outdoors.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

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Landscaping

• EPA's GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping that are designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution.
• Landscaping Products

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Lighting Retrofit and Maintenance

• Fluorescent bulbs

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Managing Pests & Pesticides

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• EPA's PestWise - An EPA Partnership Program
  • Become a partner

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Refrigeration / Air Conditioning

• GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership: The GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership promotes advanced technologies, strategies, and practices that reduce refrigerant charges and emissions of ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases.
• Responsible Appliance Disposal Program – Our Partners recover ozone-depleting chemicals from old refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and humidifiers.
• Advanced Refrigeration Technology: There are several options in refrigeration technology for retailers to reduce refrigerant charges and refrigerant emissions

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Recycling Programs

• Recycle on the Go: by establishing a recycling program, shopping centers can encourage both the public and retail suppliers to throw away less trash. EPA offers information and guidance to help shopping centers and retailers increase reuse and recycling and to reduce waste disposal in America's Marketplace Recycles: A Guide to Waste Reduction at Shopping Centers
• Plug-In To eCycling is a partnership between EPA and consumer electronics manufacturers, retailers, and service providers that offers more opportunities to donate or recycle - to "eCycle" - used electronics.
• Plasticsmarkets.org: Connects suppliers and buyers of all types of scrap plastic (from bales to post consumer resin).

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Water Use / Water Management

• EPA's WaterSense program promotes and enhances the market for water-efficient products and services and educates homeowners, businesses, landscapers and others. WaterSense also develops performance criteria for water efficient products and services.
• EPA's GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping that are designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution.
• EPA's Green Infrastructure program promotes a new approach to stormwater management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly.