{"485661":{"#nid":"485661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Wins Highest Honors in Green Cleaning for 2015","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmerican School \u0026amp; University recently announced that the Georgia Institute of Technology is the 2015 Grand Award winner in the higher\u0026nbsp;education category for the \u003Cem\u003EAnnual Green Cleaning Awards\u0026nbsp;for Schools \u0026amp; Universities\u003C\/em\u003E. The\u0026nbsp;Green Cleaning Awards recognize education institutions for their healthy and sustainable approaches to cleaning to protect health without harming the environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are quite proud of our Building Services team for their continued innovation in green cleaning practices. Throughout the nine years of program development, we\u2019ve been able to minimize the use of chemicals down to the very bare minimum,\u201c states Tommy Little, associate director of building services for Facilities Management. \u201cWe believe this minimization helps provide a healthier working and learning environment for Tech\u2019s employees and students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral initiatives contributed to this award including continuous program innovations such as the identification of more effective, chemical-free cleaning solutions as well as improving training programs to\u0026nbsp;educate custodial staff on minimizing impact to populations that are sensitive to chemical exposure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Tech\u2019s Green Cleaning Program, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/green-cleaning\u0022\u003Efacilities.gatech.edu\/green-cleaning\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmerican School \u0026amp; University recently announced that Georgia Tech receives top honors in the higher education category for the Annual Green Cleaning Awards for Schools \u0026amp; Universities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"American School \u0026 University recently announced that Georgia Tech receives top honors in the higher education category for the Annual Green Cleaning Awards for Schools \u0026 Universities."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2016-01-13 15:45:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:20","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"485671":{"id":"485671","type":"image","title":"Green Cleaning","body":null,"created":"1452898800","gmt_created":"2016-01-15 23:00:00","changed":"1475895239","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:59","alt":"Green Cleaning","file":{"fid":"204306","name":"green_cleaning_small.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/green_cleaning_small_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/green_cleaning_small_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":73195,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/green_cleaning_small_0.jpg?itok=R4xwyc92"}}},"media_ids":["485671"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/green-cleaning","title":"Facilities Management Green Cleaning"},{"url":"http:\/\/asumag.com\/green-cleaning-award","title":"Green Cleaning Award for Schools \u0026 Universities"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3157","name":"Facilities"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"10381","name":"green cleaning"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jrose38@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Rose \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003EFacilities Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}