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Sharing Best Practices FORD LAND DISCUSSES SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES IN REGARD TO INDUSTRIAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT. ■ Shown is Ford’s LEED-Gold Rouge Visitor Center. The Henry Ford runs the facility and the Ford Rouge Factory Tour. >> Photo courtesy of Ford Motor Company. >> BY JOSEPH H. MAYTON III, EDITOR, SUSTAINABLE FACILITY ocusing on the industrial sector, Sustainable Facility approached Ford Land in regard to its sustainable strategies relative to industrial manufacturing facility management. Sustainable Facility corresponded with Joseph E. Black, manager of Site Management Programs, Ford Land, and Bill Allemon, CEM, manager of Energy Efﬁciency for Ford Land. In addition to one of North America’s largest green roofs the green roof that caps Ford’s Dearborn Truck Assembly Building, Ford has applied living roofs on two facilities — one in California and another at its World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. With the exterior of these mammoth industrial facilities ensconced in green, it would only make sense that the company gives equal attention to enhancing its interior environment. Ford outsources green cleaning services for its facilities, and provided Sustainable Facility with an overview of the processes in addition to speciﬁc cleaning products and strategies used to reduce environmental impact. F “Purchasing and strong supplier relationships are key in driving standardization programs through all our facilities,” he said. Products and strategies that meet Ford’s highperformance criteria include: • High-concentration cleaning products with dilution control systems lessen shipping waste, transportation costs and products’ carbon footprint. • Foaming hand soaps reduce usage and waste. • High recycled ﬁber counts on paper products reduce waste to landﬁll. • Large hand-towel rolls reduce waste to landﬁll and transportation costs. • Elimination of desk-side trash cans lends to improved employee engagement and accountability. • Low-density trashcan liners improve decomposition in landﬁlls. • Standardization of products reduces usages and inventory, improves compliance to green standards. Some of Ford’s supplier partners for these products include Kimberly Clark, Spartan Chemical, Rubbermaid and NSS Enterprises. HOUSEKEEPING Ford places importance on keeping facilities clean and orderly since it has an effect on morale and safety. According to the company, housekeeping activities are best addressed as part of an “ongoing” deﬁned process. Black summed it up succinctly: “Regarding green housekeeping, in recent years Ford has reviewed products with an eye not only on cost, quality and effect on our people, but also the product’s effect on the environment. “Most cleanup activities are scheduled during the normal ﬁve-day work schedule, which gives our housekeeping team members the opportunity to consistently clean the work environment,” he said. “Cleaning of production equipment can become very difﬁcult because of limited access, and in some cases conﬁned space requirements or work-at-height requirements. Many factors need to be taken into consideration in order to maintain a safe, green environment for our cleaners and employees.” FACILITY OVERVIEW Facilities participating in Ford’s sustainable initiatives include the company’s World Headquarters building, the Ford Dearborn Research and Engineering Center, commercial buildings in the Dearborn area, as well as the Dearborn Truck Plant located at the Ford Rouge Center. According to Joseph E. Black, initial results and best practices are shared and replicated. Environmental Performance Metric Facility energy efﬁciency (global) Facility energy efﬁciency (United States) Energy usage TOEING THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE In discussing some of the factors that played a part in switching the facility management focus to encompass the environmental cleaning/ facility management platform, part of the com2007 Actual 2008 Goal Facilities Overview Ford World Headquarters Building (WHQ) and Service Wing: approximately 1 million square feet Ford Credit is attached to WHQ and is approximately 600,000 square feet Ford Motor Companies Research & Engineering Center is composed of 38 buildings representing 5.5 million square feet The Ford Rouge Center is composed of a number of buildings, including: • Dearborn Truck Plant: 2,600,000 square feet • Dearborn Engine & Fuel Tank: 2,300,000 square feet • Dearborn Stamping: 2,100,000 square feet. 2007 Goal ENERGY USE 3% improvement 3% improvement No speciﬁc goal; continue use reductions 5% improvement 4.5% improvement 30% reduction compared to 2000 levels EMISSIONS 3% improvement 3% improvement No speciﬁc goal; continue use reductions VOC emissions from painting at assembly plants Reduce to 29 g/sq meter Reduced to 24 g/sq meter WATER USE Maintain 24 g/sq meter Water use (global) Landﬁll waste 3% reduction No speciﬁc goal 21% reduction Produced 132 million kg, or 4.6 kg/vehicle produced 3% reduction 5% reduction ■ Source: www.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2007-08/environment-progress#scorecard 38 S U S TA I N A B L E F A C I L I T Y NOVE M B E R 2008 http://www.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2007-08/environment-progress#scorecard

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Sustainable Facility - November 2008 Contents Editorial Industry Watch Web TOC New and Notable The Case for Daytime Cleaning Commitment to Energy Effi ciency and Sustainability Finding the Green Solar for the Commercial and Industrial Sector: What’s Hot Now? Connecting Sustainability and Green Cleaning Recycling Rechargeable Batteries Sharing Best Practices The Consultant Conundrum Sharing the Facilities Management Burden The Building Owner’s and Operator’s Sustainability Solution: Energy Audits Greenbuild: Green Product Buzz Guide Product Focus Marketplace and Classifieds Advertiser’s Index Initiatives

Sustainable Facility - November 2008

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