NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABM Janitorial Services, through its industry-leading ABM Green Care™ program, worked in concert with clients Wright Runstad & Company and Beacon Capital Partners to play a key role in helping a marquee Seattle property achieve Platinum certification, the highest level under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EB O&M). ABM Janitorial is a subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), a leading provider of integrated facility services. The property at 1201 Third Avenue in Seattle received the LEED-EB O&M Platinum designation for a comprehensive set of measures that demonstrated the building’s efficiency and sustainability. LEED-EB is a sustainability program and rating system developed by USGBC to help building owners and operators measure and meet established standards for existing building operations, improvements and maintenance. The goal is to maximize a building’s operational efficiency while minimizing its impact on the environment. LEED-EB Platinum is the highest achievable certification level for the sustainable operations and energy efficiency of an existing building.
