Lean 5S Principles for Custodial Departments
Lean 5S practices have been around for many year. The concept started with Toyota in Japan and worked its way to the United States through the automotive industry and then through other manufacturing facilities across the country. So what is 5S all about? It is about eliminating waste. If you can identify waste, you can get rid of it. Eight wastes have been identified and they are as follows: •Overproduction •Motion •Inventory •Transportation •Waiting •Under-Utilized People •Defects •Over-processing.
So think about this and over the next few days we will explore examples and potential solutions for each of these. We will then explore the 5S process and will share some real live examples that we have seen happen working with custodial departments across Michigan.
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Green Buildings of West Michigan Project and Showcase Tour
Objective: With over 110 LEED certified buildings in West Michigan and that number continues to grow we have the perfect opportunity to prove the benefits and showcase green building design as a region. We are a leader, fourth in the nation with LEED certified buildings and yet we find very few of those building owners sharing that story in an organized way to attract tours, visitors and as an economic development tool for our region. We believe that we can assist in helping those building owner’s to pull their case studies together measuring the results of their green building choices and then to organize tours of these buildings to highlight the features. The diversity in the types of buildings that have been certified will provide a tour in the following market segments: office, small project, retail, health care, education, manufacturing and non-profit. We believe this is the first research project of this type, on this scale in the nation and we hope to gain national recognition through EPA, DOE, GreenSource and USGBC for this effort. Goals of this project: Establish Grand Rapids as the preeminent home of sustainable building; honor the contributions of the Furniture industry in establishing the sustainability ethic; raising the bar for building owners by having them benchmark building performance of LEED Buildings and encouraging them to pursue LEED for Green Buildings Operations and Maintenance.
We are targeting fall 2010 for a building tour event sponsored by USGBC West Michigan Chapter and plans are underway.
Deliverables for the building owner for this project are:
- Data entered into the EERE (Department of Energy) database
- Data entered into the McGraw Hill Greensource Database
- Utility costs entered into the EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager
- A 2-page summary/marketing piece of the project
- Added to our Chapter’s Showcase on the website
- Inclusion in our book “Green Buildings of West Michigan”
Stakeholders that can help make this happen: Building owners/managers of our LEED buildings (or architectural and construction management companies that were involved in the design and building process); USGBC WM, college/university students to help pull together the case studies, students that can help with the marketing and organizing the tour package, area Convention and Visitors Bureau and various Community Economic Development organizations that can utilize this information to attract visitors/businesses to the area. We feel this can be used within our region as an economic development tool as well as the State of Michigan.
Building owners that have committed to this research project:
- GRPS – Burton Elementary (4 buildings)
- Spectrum Health – Lemmen Holt Cancer Center
- Grand Rapids Art Museum
- Davenport University (4 buildings)
- Dwelling Place (4 buildings)
- Bazzani Headquarters (and possibly a few more buildings in Eastown)
- Steelcase Showroom near 44th
- Steelcase Wood Plant
- Herman Miller
- Aquinas College (3 buildings)
- Grand Valley State University (2 buildings)
- Metro Health System
- Haworth Corporation – Corporate Building
- Forest Hills Public Schools (4 buildings)
- Grand Rapids YMCA
- City Flats Hotel – Holland
- Plaza East Office Building – Holland
- East Grand Rapids Public Library
- St. Mary’s Health (Lack’s Cancer Center and St. Mary’s Southwest)
- Habitat for Humanity Kent County
- Cascade Engineering
To date the following colleges/universities have committed to organizing student teams to support the research: Grand Valley State University, Kendall School of Design, Aquinas College.
Green Existing Schools Toolkit Introduced
The U.S. Green Building Council recently announced a new toolkit “Green Existing Schools”. Green schools create healthy environments conducive to learning while saving energy, resources, and money. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) developed The Green Existing Schools Project Management Guide to help schools and school districts green their existing facilities and achieve LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The guide outlines the process for navigating LEED certification for existing schools and provides details on how to conduct organizational assessments, educate and train staff, initiate the certification process, and manage a campus- or district-wide plan. It is designed to be used in concert with additional resources contained in the Green Existing Schools Toolkit (www.usgbc.org/k12toolkit ), including:
- Green Existing Schools Implementation Workbook for Schools Project teams should refer to the workbook to assist with the evaluation and improvement of current O&M practices and policies. The contents of the workbook include sample policies, programs, and plans; data collection forms, worksheets, and tables; and sample surveys.
- LEED 2009 for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Project Checklist Project teams can use the LEED Project Checklist as a scorecard to track the credits they are pursuing toward certification.
- “LEED 2009 for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Rating System” The rating system summarizes the intent, requirements, and technologies/ strategies for each credit
- “LEED 2009 Green Building Operations & Maintenance Reference Guide” The reference guide contains detailed information on the implementation of prerequisites and credit requirements. It can be purchased at www.usgbc.org/store.
Implementing an initiative to green existing schools across a campus or district requires a comprehensive plan that integrates two processes: one focused on how each school facility will meet the LEED building performance requirements and the other on adopting sustainable operations and maintenance policies and best practices. Coordinating these two processes, along with the LEED documentation requirements, calls for dedicated, informed champions who are capable of leading an integrated project team and improving operational effectiveness.
You have two U.S. Green Building Green School Advocates in Michigan ready to assist you to understand the benefits and challenges.
Renae Hesselink, LEED AP, Chair and Green School Advocacy Circle Chair for USGBC West Michigan Chapter
Vice President of Sustainability, Nichols Paper & Supply
Renae.hesselink@enichols.com
(231) 799-2120 Ext 117
Peggy Matta, AIA, LEED AP
USGBC Detroit Regional Chapter Green Schools Advocacy Circle Chair
mmattaarch@gmail.com
(248)227-3134
Nichols 5th Annual Green Facilities Conference
March 23, 2010
Muskegon, MI … In keeping with its solid commitment to Green Cleaning and Sustainability, Muskegon-based Nichols will host an all-day Green Facilities Conference on Tuesday, March 23rd, at Calvin College’s Prince Conference Center in Grand Rapids. The keynote speaker will be Alan Bigger, retired facilities director from Earlham College and Notre Dame University and author of the book “Frugalisms: Creative Ideas on Leadership in Facilities and Housekeeping Operations” will bring a front line message to conference participants.. This is Nichols fifth annual Green Facilities Conference and attendance has been increasing every year and near capacity – so first come, first serve.
Nichols’ Green Cleaning Program, which involves a holistic, comprehensive approach to cleaning, includes a large selection of environmentally friendly products, ongoing education of customers, and the training of building maintenance professionals and building occupants to better understand their role in the health and safety of their environment. The primary market is customers who have developed formalized environmental and sustainability objectives, including (but not limited to) government offices, manufacturing companies, school systems, colleges and universities, hotels and other commercial and industrial accounts.
The focus of the March 23rd conference will be on educating Nichols’ customers and others about maintaining healthy buildings while still protecting the environment. In addition to Bigger’s presentation, the event will include more than 25 educational workshops led by national, state, and local speakers. Many new workshops have been added this year and there is a well-rounded offering of workshops to gain knowledge about maintaining green buildings including a specific track for LEED for Existing Buildings, Lean/5S for Facilities Management, Environmental Sustainability for Health Care Facilities, Lowering the Cost of Green Through Incentives and Grants, a couple relating to creating a new culture around sustainability and several case studies from local organizations who have implemented sustainability best practices.
The cost for the Green Facilities Conference is $80 per person, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Anyone who is interested in attending may register by calling Nichols at 800-442-0213, extension 117, or by visiting the Nichols Web site at www.enichols.com/greenconference .
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Pure Michigan TV: Treasure
It is still here – vacation in Michigan, move to Michigan, bring a business to Michigan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu31ZhPbazs
LEED User Group Next Meeting
The next meeting of the LEED User Group meeting in Muskegon/Spring Lake is Tuesday, September 1st at 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. at Nichols. Discussion will be on Energy and Atmosphere.
Advanced Dumpster Diving: Colleges Get Smart on Salvage
The scavengers arrive on college campuses like clockwork, in search of books, DVD players, barely worn clothes, lamps, couches and anything else that departing students didn’t bother to take home. Every spring, several years’ worth of accumulated goods are chucked into huge trash receptacles or placed on curbsides by harried undergrads http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903244,00.html?iid=tsmodule
