City Policies and Initiatives
Sustainable Building Policy - City of Seattle
Case studies on indoor air quality and associated productivity improvements
for schools and commercial buildings.
Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers available
at Greenbiz.com
U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation
This extensive, 228-page document equips building managers to prevent, identify,
and correct problems with indoor air. Written in 1991, this guide lacks recent
IAQ discoveries and approaches, but it offers a good introduction and systematic
procedure for evaluating buildings.
The Green Cleaning Pollution Prevention Calculator quantifies the projected environmental benefits of purchasing and using "green" janitorial services and products. It is designed to forecast the environmental benefits of reducing chemical use by doing some or all pollution prevention measures typically involved in the routine interior cleaning of an office building. This tool also enables users to identify which green cleaning measures will have the greatest impact in reducing their use of hazardous chemicals and in preventing pollution.
PVC Fact Sheet and Model Policy for Governments (pdf) – (Could be used for schools, as well)
San Francisco’s Precautionary Principle Policy - San Francisco's Less Toxic Pest Management, Less Toxic Purchasing, and Green Building programs are working examples of the "Precautionary Principle." The Precautionary Principle basically says, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." If a practice poses threats to human health or serious environmental damage, the Precautionary Principle uses the best available science to identify cost-effective measures that would prevent harm.Our precautionary approach asks whether a given product or practice is safe, whether it is really necessary, and whether products or practices with less environmental impact would perform just as well.