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38 Sanitation Canada - SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2008 Visit us on the Internet at www.sanitationcanada.com ISSA has been accepted as a member in good standing of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices and operations. ISSA joined the USGBC to give the cleaning industry a higher profile within the rapidly growing "green" building community. One of ISSA's objectives as a member is to en- sure that green cleaning maintains a significant presence in the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental De- sign for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB). ISSA recently submitted comments to the USGBC, en- couraging the organization to forgo its proposed decrease in the number of points green cleaning activities presently con- tribute to certified status under LEED-EB. In its comments, ISSA noted that by proposing to reduce the credits awarded for green cleaning activities, the USGBC would effectively ISSA JOINS U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL be reducing the incentive for facilities to achieve higher lev- els of clean and sanitary conditions, all to the detriment of the buildings' occupants. ISSA continues to engage in a wide variety of activities, programs and alliances to ensure that association members have ready access to the green marketplace including, but not limited to, the following: • ISSA co-chaired the Illinois Product Policy Commit- tee that developed the product specifications for the Illinois Green Cleaning for Schools Act. • ISSA has entered into an alliance with the U.S. EPA Design for the Environment to foster the development and manufacture of environmentally preferable cleaning prod- ucts. • ISSA is a sponsor of CleanGredients™, an on-line data- base of ingredients for cleaning products with a preferred environmental and health and safety profile. • ISSA participates on the Green Seal GS-37 Executive Committee that oversees the process of revising GS-37. • The association provides discounts on green-certifica- tion services. The elections for open positions on the 2009 ISSA Board of Directors closed Jul. 30, 2008, and the results are in: • Vice president/president elect: David Holtzman, 2009 ISSA BOARD ELECTION RESULTS R3, Carteret, NJ; • Secretary: Richard L. Rones, Americo Manufacturing Co., Inc., Acworth, GA; • Manufacturer direc- tor: Allen M. Soden, Deb SBS, Inc., Stanley, NC; • Distributor direc- tor-west: Leland Fishman, Fishman Sup- ply Co., Petaluma, CA; • Director-Canada: Steven Armstrong, Armstrong Manufacturing, Inc., Mississauga, ON, Canada. Continued From Page 37 Steven Armstrong, ISSA Director - Canada