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While the COVID-19 pandemic placed an emphasis on creating healthier school environments, school districts and higher education institutions across the country were tasked with how to pay for the necessary upgrades to bring students and faculty back into classrooms.

The Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Green Seal® have opened public review for their Healthy Green Schools & Colleges Standard.

Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Ill. — Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Green Seal today released for public comment a draft Healthy Green Schools & Colleges Standard that prioritizes measures that make a significant difference in indoor air quality without major capital investments.

Healthy Green Schools & Colleges (HGSC) is seeking help form K-12 schools and higher education institutions in developing new standards for facility management practices in those settings.

At the close of 2020, I reflected back on lessons learned during the pandemic.

After months of discussion and preparation, schools across the United States continue to open for in-person learning, whether that be full-time or part-time. This changes duties for facility managers and custodians at these school, as they now have to clean and disinfect objects that are constantly exposed to contact with students and faculty.

Pioneering advocacy organization Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and global ecocertification nonprofit Green Seal announced at the recent ISSA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, that they are partnering to create a verifiable program for healthy and sustainable facilities management (FM) procurement and practices for schools and universities nationwide.

Las Vegas, Nev. – Pioneering advocacy organization Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and global ecocertification nonprofit Green Seal announced today at the ISSA Show in Las Vegas, Nev., that they are partnering to create a verifiable program for healthy and sustainable facilities management procurement and practices for schools and universities nationwide.