Green cleaning is a good business decision.
Correctly implementing a green cleaning program can improve indoor air quality and provide many healthy benefits. Based on studies of buildings switching to green cleaning:
Cleaner Living Services performs janitorial services that are as environmentally preferred as possible. In addition to green cleaning products, we also use environmentally preferred equipment and techniques.
As an example, Cleaner Living Services uses a vacuum that picks up particles as small as .3 micron, where most bags can only capture 1 micron.
This means even the smallest particles, such as dust mites, dust mite eggs, bed bugs and bed bug eggs are captured and eliminated from your environment.
* Indoor Environment Characterization of a Non-Problem Building: Assessment of Cleaning Effectiveness, US Environmental Protection Agency, March 1994. (conducted at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, Chapel Hill, NC)
**Economic Impact of an Infection Control Education Program in a Specialized Preschool Setting, PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 6 December 2001, pp. e102
In regards to the use of green cleaning products and materials, the LEED threshold for compliance is 75% of items purchased need to be considered "green" by the LEED standards.
The referenced standards for LEED compliance include products that are Green Seal certified, UL EcoLogo certified, or recognized by the EPA’s Safer Choice program (formerly the Design for the Environment-DfE) or cleaning devices that use only ionized water or electrolyzed water and have third-party verified performance data.
CLS uses cleaning products, equipment and liners that meet LEED standards and we are LEED v4 compliant in the products and materials we use in your facility.
Additionally, we implement procedures with green equipment to assure your facility is cleaned in the most environmentally responsible way.
We have assisted customers in obtaining green certification for their buildings. Here is one local international corporation which has been a long-time customer of Cleaner Living Services, and we are sharing with you a letter written by the company's director of facility services.
To Whom It May Concern:
(Our company) takes great pride in the appearance of our new 1.2M square foot world corporate headquarters in Lisle, Illinois.
Cleaner Living Services, Inc. has provided us with exceptional janitorial services for many years at our previous corporate headquarters.
Therefore, we decided to use their company when we moved our headquarters to Lisle. The fact that Cleaner Living Services, Inc. has been our cleaning service of choice for many years, demonstrates their ongoing commitment to maintaining our building to our high cleanliness standards.
Our specifications and requests are sometimes outside of daily routine cleaning and Cleaner Living Services completes whatever is necessary to ensure that all requests are promptly addressed.
Their management team is personally involved in all aspects of cleaning and they invest a lot of resources to guarantee that our property is deep cleaned beyond just the visible appearance.
As a Director of Facilities Services, it is comforting to know that our employees come in daily to healthy and clean building and they are proud of their work environment."
Green cleaning has become mainstream and building owners always searching for ways to lessen their environmental impact.
The term “green” applies specifically to a product or service. It does not consider if the organization is compliant with all laws, treats workers fairly, pollutes the environment, or has other broad governance or operational issues. The term “sustainability” considers how the organization itself operates.
The seeds for the green cleaning movement were planted in the 1980s and took hold in 2002, when the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System for Existing Buildings.
LEED for existing buildings have become CLS’ best practices. Since inception, CLS implemented sustainable initiatives as a standard practices and products to reduce negative impacts on human health. looking to purchase services and products from companies that operate in a sustainable manner.
