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     BUILDING & GROUNDS DEPARTMENT
     
     Fred T. Knaak CEFM 
     Facilities Manager
     Mansfield Township School District
     609-298-2037 x2600
     fknaak@mansfieldschool.com
     
     
     
            COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND HEALTHY EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
     
     
    The paramount consideration of the Buildings and Grounds Department is to provide a clean, safe, and healthy environment for the students and staff of the Mansfield Township School District while maintaining mechanically sound facilities conducive to the educational process.
     
    GO SOLAR!
    Click the solar link to view our solar generation!
     
    Since 2017 we have replaced 225 fluorescent light fixtures with energy efficient LED flat panel light fixtures with Light Cloud lighting control. These fixtures use a 1/3 of the energy as a conventional fluorescent fixture helping the district further reduce our energy consumption.
     
     
     
     
    RECYCLING NEWS
     
    Our "Green Team" approach wins DEP award! That was in 2008, today we are still going strong.
    Mansfield's district wide recycling saves thousands of dollars and continues to divert recyclable material from the waste stream. Cans, bottles, paper, cardboard, computers, light bulbs, metal, ridged plastic, ink cartridges, and more are all recycled. For more recycling information click the recycle link at the left.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    GREEN CLEANING
     
     
    Since 2005 the Mansfield Township School District has been following Green Cleaning procedures. This year we introduced a new microfiber cleaning system that uses less water while improving the cleaning level . All of our paper products (towels and tissue) are Green Seal certified made of 100% recycled material. In addition we installed Xlerator hand driers into the restrooms. These hand driers help us to reduce our paper usage and do an excellent job drying hands.
     
    MICROFIBER CLEANING SYSTEMS
    To further promote green cleaning we have switched from conventional cleaning methods to microfiber cleaning systems. The microfiber systems clean better, use less water, reduce airborne particulates, and are easier to use.
     
     
    ENERGY CONSERVATION
    Our energy conservation practices have greatly reduced district wide energy consumption.  In 2004 we started benchmarking our utility use. We have cut our electrical consumption district wide by 18% since 2004 without factoring in the solar. We added solar panels at the Hydock school in 2010. See the power by clicking the solar link.
     
     

     

     
     
    Fred Knaak
    Facilities Manager
    Extension 2600

    fknaak@mansfieldschool.com
     
     
     
     
     
     
Last Modified on April 29, 2020