“Why Sustainability Is Important For Your Housekeeping Organization”

Leslye Kornegay Ed.D, Master R.E.H. Director UVM

Custodial Services

Paul Campo B.A. Quality Assurance Administrator

UVM Custodial Services

1.  Demonstrate How Simple Strategies Can Impact Your Departments Sustainability

2.  Share With You Some Of The Green Best Practice Strategies That Have

Worked For Our Organization And When Green Doesn’t Make Sense

3.  Share With You How Your Organization Can Contribute To Sustainability

Initiatives As A Customer, An Employee, Or An Organization

 

"Sustainability Is About Stabilizing The Currently Disruptive Relationship Between Earth’s Two Most Complex Systems – Human Culture And The Living World.” Paul Hawken

“The Capacity To Endure”

Economic: System Should Be Fiscally Viable/Affordable On An On-Going Basis. Do We Have The Financial Resources Moving Forward (I.E. Capital Reserve Funds For Equipment)?

Environmental: The System Should Be As Environmentally Friendly As Possible

Yet Still Be Able To Achieve Its Goals(I.E. Can The Products Do Perform The Cleaning & Disinfecting We Need)?

Social: Quality Of Life. Does It Work For Everyone? Is It Healthy?

Safe? Can It Be Made Better(I.E. Staff Development)?

In 2007 UVM Committed To Climate Neutrality By 2025 Created The Office Of Sustainability 2008

  Foster Sustainable Development And Promote Environmental Responsibility At The University Of Vermont By Strategically Bridging The Academic Activities Of Teaching, Research, And Outreach With The Operations Of The University

http://www.uvm.edu/~sustain/

Greening UVM •  Expansion With A Conscience •  The Green Building Program At UVM

•  LEED Standard Will Be Used For The Design And Construction Of

  All Major New Campus Building Projects   Construction and Demolition Waste Management Program

Rubenstein School of Environmental And Natural Resources Philosophy Embedded In Strategic And Operational Goals

Vision

We Will Lead Our Industry In Customer Satisfaction, Professionalism, Quality, Sustainability, Safety, And

Employee Development While Remaining Fiscally Responsible

Custodial Services Department

Environmental Sustainability

Systems Office Waste/Recycle

•  Desk Top Mini Bins •  Common Area Bins: Additional 120 Sets

Entryway Matting 100% Recycled Office, Communications & IT Upgrades Microfiber: Davis Center $6,500 Annual Savings Cleaning Equipment Modernization & Repair

•  PM Plan

Inventory

•  Vendor Managed Inventory: VMI

Single Product Line

•  Green Seal Certified •  Piloting

•  Ozone •  Ionization

•  Water Conservation •  Less Consumption •  Cold Water Only

•  Training •  Fewer Products •  Streamlined •  Less Time •  Translation

Consistency Across Campus

•  One Product Line •  Less Waste: Junior Jumbo Line

•  New Dispensers •  Included in Supply RFP

•  Fewer Deliveries •  41 Less Pallets Shipped •  3,000 Less Cartons into Waste Stream

•  100% Recycled

•  No Old Growth Forest

Move to Stretch Fit Bags from Custom 4 MM UVM Custodial Old Liner Usage: Total lbs of Plastic = 107,732 UVM Custodial New Liner Usage Total lbs of Plastic = 48,876 Total Poundage Savings = 58,856 lbs less to Landfill

Green Product Lines

More Effective Tools Capture More Dirt

Vendor Managed Inventory

More Recycling

Less Consumption

Electrical Savings of $250K in FY10

What It All Means…….. A “Smaller” Carbon Footprint

Financial Sustainability

Developed An RFP For A VMI Contract For Supplies & Chemicals •  Analyzed Customer Needs

•  Office Of Sustainability & Student Government •  Campus Survey

•  Created A New Model For Our Community

•  Request For Price Process (RFP) •  Local Vendor •  Green Mission

•  System Management/Administration/Cost Control •  Parts Stocking/Reduced Volumes •  Reporting On-Line/Tracking •  Just–In-Time Delivery

•  Training Requirements For All Products/Equipment

•  Supply Guarantee for Emergencies

The Benefit

Requires No In-House “Ordering” Action By Staff

Operating Dollars Not Tied Up In Product

Supervisors Can Spend Time With Staff

Inventory Control: Live Inventory Count, Emergency Planning

Flexibility: Product Change(Type, Count, And Cost)

•  Keep Up With Industry Trends

•  Standardized

Vendor Managed Inventory

Modernization/Productivity Increase = $$$$

Lower Product Consumption = $$$$

Lower Utilities Usage = $$$$

Lower Labor Requirements = $$$$

Less Transportation = $$$$

Less Sick Time = $$$$

Industry Scale of Usage Increase = $$$$

As We All Go Green……… We Will All Save More ! Environmentally Friendly Products, Processes, and Procedures………..

Priceless !

Social Sustainability

Instilling Value(Improving Quality of Life / Staff Development) •  Sense of Importance

•  Worth •  Group Identification •  Recognition •  Celebrate the “Story Of US”

•  Training System

•  New Hire Training

•  Annual Training Review for Permanent Employees

•  Annual “All-Hands” Meeting On State of Business

Consistent Standards and Expectations for Campus Community (Does It Work For Everyone?)

Communications •  Transparent •  Planned

Memo Of Understanding(MOU’s) •  Key Customers •  Formalized

•  Expectations •  Deliverables

•  Planned Reviews

Bringing It Together

Change in Practices

Office Services Before •  Daily •  Service Trash & Recycle(Wasteful) •  Strain on Staff: Repetitive & Rushed

After Change

•  Weekly •  Thorough •  Shared Burden with Staff •  Efficient & Controlled •  Higher Satisfaction

Moving Forward The Custodial Services Department Will Continue To Improve

The Impact Of Our Services

Environment: Progress With The Reduction/Elimination Of Chemicals •  Chem Free Stripping •  Water Based Cleaning

Social: Expand Staff Training •  GED •  Credentialing •  English Language Learners

Economic: Continuous Analysis For Improvement •  Task & Frequencies •  Hours Of Operation •  Business Partnerships •  Modernization

Questions

Leslye Kornegay Director Of UVM Custodial Services

Leslye.Kornegay@uvm.edu Paul.Campo@uvm.edu

http://www.uvm.edu/custodial/