If you were riding public transportation to work this morning in NYC (I hope you weren't hogging the highways with your Hummer!) you may have noticed a little article in the Metro newspaper entitled It’s getting easier to be green:
City Council launches initiative to encourage more eco-friendly businesses.

We do appreciate the City Council's attempts to "make it easier to go green." Yesterdays initiative will help "eco-friendly" contractors and architects connect with local manufacturers of greener alternatives to carpeting and light bulbs.

All this hoopla precedes Local Law 86's implemenation this January. That will pump $12 billion into green buildings funded by the City.

However, while building a green building is an important start, true green buildings must be updated and maintained with the best green technology. Too few "green" projects currently use safer, green cleaning chemicals. A building may be "green" on the outside but continue to poison the planet and workers on the inside.

According to a study quoted in the article by the New York Industrial Retention Network, 87 percent of businesses said they would go green if given resources. That is why NYIRN is pushing for green tax credits to proactive companies.

Which is all fine if it spurs some green purchasing by NYC businesses but it cannot be an excuse for inaction. In fact, most of EcoLogic Solutions' Deep Green™ cleaning technologies are cheaper than the traditional cleaning chemicals currently used by too many building maintainance staffs.

And we are the only manufacturer of sustainable cleaning products based in New York City!

So wake up New York businesses and start buying green today.