ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS

http://www.cagbc.org/ Canada Green Building Council
Our mission guides our work: Lead and accelerate the transformation to high-performing, healthy green buildings, homes and communities throughout Canada.

http://www.weconserve.ca/ We Conserve
A Conserver Society...  is a society that balances economic and social development with environmental sustainability.  If that sounds to you like "sustainable development" or a "green society", they all mean pretty much the same thing.  The Conserver Society, however, is a Canadian invention - first coined by the Science Council of Canada in 1973.

http://www.oen.ca/   Ontario Environmental Network
Ontario Environment Network (OEN) website! We are a non-profit, non-governmental network coordinating the efforts of over 500 Ontario environmental groups working towards and promoting protection of the environment.

http://thegreenpages.ca/  The Green Pages
The environmental movement in Canada is best described as a vast collective of small community groups, non-profit organizations, researchers, students and individual citizens who all share a concern for the environment and a passion for sustainable living. This enormous (and growing) movement is a grassroots phenomenon, built and sustained from the bottom up.

CARPET TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

www.iicrc.org - The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification. The mission of the Institute is to serve primarily as an independent, nonprofit certification body; to set and promote high standards and ethics; and to advance communication and technical proficiency within the cleaning, inspection and restoration industry.

http://www.carpet-rug.org/  Carpet and Rug Institute
CRIs job is to go well beneath the surface and prove how our environment for living, working, learning and healing is better — thanks to carpet and rugs. Through science-based research, customer advocacy, environmental stewardship and consensus building, we serve our members and their customers. Our initiatives help protect carpet's life and beauty and demonstrate its air quality benefit.

http://www.ascr.org - The Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration is the leading trade association for cleaning and restoration professionals and the most widely accepted authority, trainer, and educator in the industry.

http://www.isct.org - International Society of Cleaning Technicians (ISCT) ISCT membership helps you every day in meeting the challenges you face as a small business operator. But don't take our word for it, spend a little time and see for yourself why ISCT is the cleaning industry's leading trade association.

http://www.ncca.co.uk - THE NATIONAL CARPET CLEANERS ASSOCIATION was established in 1968. It is the only independent UK trade body solely dedicated to the craft of carpet, upholstery, curtain, and other soft furnishing cleaning. As such the Association is now widely recognised, not just by the homemakers but also by government, media, industry , and commerce, as being the authoritative source of information and advice on all aspects of the industry.

FLOOR COVERING ASSOCIATIONS

http://www.nfcaonline.ca/   National Floor Covering Association
The NFCA was ititiated in 1986 and serves as a industry voice for its members in the floor covering business.

PAINTING TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

http://www.pdca.org    Painting & Decorating Contractors Association
Representing contractors involved in the coating application industry throughout Central and Western Canada; providers of products, equipment or services used in the coatings application industry.

http://www.raic.org/    The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, established in 1907, is a voluntary national association representing more than 3,000 architects, and Faculty and graduates of accredited Canadian Schools of Architecture, from every region of the country. RAIC is the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada. It provides the national framework for the development and recognition of architectural excellence.

http://www.pra-world.com/  The Paint and Research Association
The Paint Research Association (PRA) was founded in 1926 as an independent association of member companies to support innovation and growth in the surface coatings sector. PRA is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee and has no shareholders. It was founded by the industry, for the industry and is sustained by involvement in the membership, as well as the continued use of its services.

http://www.sspc.org/  The Society for Protective Coatings
The purpose of SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings (hereinafter referred to as SSPC) is to advance technology and promote the use of protective coatings to preserve industrial, marine and commercial structures, components and susbstrates.

http://www.pdca.net/ Canada Council - PDCA
This Council is made up of 3 Chapters: Mainland British Columbia Chapter, Vancouver Island Chapter, Golden Horseshoe Chapter. It is our goal to provide professional education & information to our members in order to enhance the profitability of their businesses

JANITORIAL CLEANING ASSOCIATIONS

http://usacleaning.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=floorcare International Janitorial Cleaning Association
The International Janitorial Cleaning Services Association known around the World as IJCSA was formed in 2004 to represent the $94.5 billion dollar janitorial industry. Members include janitorial services, janitorial suppliers and general cleaning services that perform duties such as window washing, carpet cleaning and housecleaning.

CLEANING BUSINESS OWNERS FORUMS

http://www.globalcleaningassociation.com/forums/ Global Cleaning Association
A forum used by contractors in the Building Cleaning Business.

http://www.cleanertalk.com/cleaning-message-boards.php  Cleaner Talk
A forum used by contractors in the Building Cleaning Business.