The contributions that building service contractors and in-house facility management personnel make to environmental wellness and safety are worthy of recognition. The following organizations recently demonstrated their commitment to the health of their building occupants by completing the Building Wellness Certification Training program.
Class of Thirteen Graduates from Summer Kick-Off GS-42 Training
Congratulations to all of the recent graduates of the Building Wellness Institute GS-42 Green Cleaning Training Program. Graduates included cleaning industry professionals throughout Maryland and Virginia, as well as executives from Markham, Illinois and Bellevue, Washington.
Back row-left to right:
Eric Kelly- GSI ECOHEALTHY CLEANING, Bethesda, MD, Robert Jenkins- Alliance Building Services, Bellevue, WA, Quintis Millsaps- Q's Cleaning Services, Markham, IL
Scott Smith- Alliance Building Services, Bellevue, WA
Jose Rivera- GSI ECOHEALTHY CLEANING, Bethesda, MD, Ray Slye-All Seasons Corporation, Leesburg, VA
Gustavo Chiarelli- GSI ECOHEALTHY CLEANING, Bethesda, MD,
FRONT ROW-left to right:
Carlos Rodriguez-All Seasons Corporation, Leesburg, VA, Olivia Resendiz- GSI ECOHEALTHY CLEANING, Bethesda, MD Lisseth Quijada- GSI ECOHEALTHY CLEANING, Bethesda, MD, Gustavo Garcia- Executive Maintenance, Inc., Elkridge, MD, Judi Slye- All Seasons Corporation, Leesburg, VA, Esther Guzman- Executive Maintenance, Inc., Elkridge, MD
Howard County Public School System
Howard County understands that while procuring green cleaning products, as mandated by Maryland House Bill 1363, is a great start to achieving environmental wellness, maintaining a sustainable green cleaning program also requires best practices and procedures designed to document effectiveness and measure success.
Congratulations to Howard County Public Schools on becoming the first K-12 school system in the state of Maryland to complete a green cleaning certification program.
Department of Custodial Services Director Olivia Claus (second from left) celebrates her team’s certification with (from left to right) the Building Wellness Institute’s Wendy Pohanka, Mark Felton and Marion Stecklow.
Palm Facility Services
Palm Facility Services is a leading provider of commercial janitorial services, with over 30 years of experience in the Washington, D.C. area. Palm recently demonstrated its commitment to staff training and environmental wellness by completing the Building Wellness Certification Training program.
Congratulations to the Palm team and to our own Wendy Pohanka (pictured below on the right), who passed her GS 42 accreditation evaluation during the Palm class.
The newly certified Palm Facility Services team poses with Building Wellness Institute trainer Wendy Pohanka.
Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
A leader in sustainability, energy and resource conservation since the late 1970s, Montgomery College has a proven track record over the years of getting everyone on campus involved in minimizing its environmental footprint. Montgomery College’s Facilities Department is contributing directly to the success of the College’s sustainability goals by maintaining safe, comfortable and environmentally friendly buildings.
Takoma Park/Silver Spring graduates are, from left to right, Constant Mirand, Norma Salmon, Rodney Boone, James Gilbert, Dwayne Malloy, Subha Rao Ramudu and Terry Evelyn.
Building Wellness Institute’s December 2009 3-Day Training Event
On December 1, 2009, eight cleaning professionals from several companies assembled in Linthicum, Maryland to complete an accelerated three-day Building Wellness Certification Training class. Congratulations to our eight graduates, who are now ready to share their new knowledge and skills with the rest of their green cleaning teams.
Graduates from the December training event are, from left to right, Peg Kowalski (Total Quality Building Services), Manuel Rodriguez (Bolana Enterprises), Francisco Romero (Total Quality Building Services), Tamara Ojo (Bolana Enterprises), Leah Devine (Daycon), Ricardo Alvarado (Gali Service Industries), and Al Mejia (Building Maintenance Service). Not pictured: Augie Miceli (Comprehensive Building Services).