Green Cleaning

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Green Cleaning

• Presented by
• 2008

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What is Green Cleaning?

• A comprehensive approach to creating a clean,
  healthy and productive facility while
• Minimizing the spread of harmful germs
• Reducing the negative impact to our environment
• Optimizing energy efficiency
• Improving overall internal air quality
• Reducing pollution (noise, emissions, etc)

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What is your Cleaning Company doing to Go Green?

• Compliance with Green Seal Environmental
  Standards by utilizing
• Green Chemicals (all Green Seal approved)
• Green Hand Soaps (now available)
• Green Paper Products
• Major Paper manufacturers using 100 recycling
  content
• Green Equipment
• Vacuums Filters, Micro-fiber
• Green Practices
• Training, education and utilization of Green
  Practices

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What is Green Seal?

• An independent, non-profit organization
• Developed Standards of Environmental
  Responsibility for multiple industries
• Dedicated to
• Safeguarding the environment
• Transforming the marketplace
• By promotingenvironmentally responsible products
  and services
• From Green Seal home page (www.greenseal.org)

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Green Chemicals

• Green Seal identifies products that are designed
  manufactured in an Environmentally Responsible
  Manner
• Green Seal Products used by CleanOffice
• Spartan BioRenewables / Daycon Clear Choice
• (Glass Multi-Purpose)
• Spartan Clean by Peroxy / Daycon Vibrance
• (Mild Acid Restroom Cleaner)
• Spartan Clean by Peroxy / Daycon Renew
• (Neutral Cleaner for floors)
• Products compliances outlined in GS-37
• Standards of Cleaning
• Toxicity Combustibility Regulations
• Pollutant / Environmental Impact Regulations
• Packaging Regulations

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Green Paper Products

• All Requirements outlined in GS-01 GS-09
• Requirements for 100 Recycled Content
• Recovered Paper Material
• Material extras generated during production
• Post Consumer Content
• Material separated from waste-stream for
  recycling
• Performance Requirements
• Process Requirements
• No de-inking, No bleaching, No Added Pigments /
  Dyes
• Packaging Requirements
• Labeling Requirements

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Green Equipment

• Use of HEPA equipment
• High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter
• Removes 99.97 of Airborne Particles 0.3
  micrometers in diameter
• Powered Equipment Guidelines (GS-37) are based
  on
• Noise (sound levels under 70 db)
• Maintenance Plans (change and properly fit
  filters)

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Green Practices

• Train Educate Employees
• What is green, why green, how it helps!
• Support Recycling Programs within Buildings
• Vacuum High Traffic areas frequently and
  thoroughly to remove dust, dirt particles
• Use of Dilution Control Systems for accurate
  mixes
• Use of Microfiber
• Rags / Wipes for Glass, hard-surfaces
• Can be re-used up to 1,000 times
• Eliminate waste of Paper Products
• Spray-the-Cloth (micro-fiber)
• Prevent solutions from being wasted, improve
  efficiency

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Beyond Cleaning

• Touchless Fixtures in the Restrooms
• Auto Flush Auto Faucets
• Waterless Toilets
• Hands-free Soap Paper Dispensers
• Reduce the spread of germs
• Control usage of products
• Catch dirt at the door
• Use Walk-Off Mats to catch dirt early
• Rotate and Clean regularly
• Recycling Programs
• Go beyond county mandates
• Encourage tenants to adopt full recycling
• Paper, Glass, Plastic, Aluminum

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Impact on the Building Tenants

• A cleaner and healthier building
• Increased marketability to prospective tenants
• Improved quality of life for existing tenants
• Improved conditions for employees
• Increase Productivity
• Reduced Absenteeism
• Increased value for ownership groups
• Peace of Mind

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Summary

• Green Cleaning is a trend that will continue to
  grow stronger through regulations, tax incentives
  and general environmental consciousness
• Be Green Cleanit does not have to negatively
  impact your budget or the environment!